DESIGN
A TREATISE IN THE DISCOVERY OF FORM
by
Percy E. Nobbs
M.A. (Edin), R.C.A.
Architect
originally published by
Oxford University Press
London New York Toronto
1937
Dedicated
to the memory of
professor Gerald Baldwin Brown
and
Sir Robert Stoddart Lorimer
two of my masters
CONTENTS
Part
I. THE SCIENCES OF ART
I. INTRODUCTION
1. the intention. 2. instruction
in design. 3. the structure of the book. 4. the limitations. 5. the illustrations.
6. the situation to-day. 7. personal note. 8. obligations. 9. the student.
II.THEORIES OF ART
1.
philosophers and art. 2. the inquiry defined. 3. the underlying sciences.
4. Croce's aesthetic. 5. Tolstoi and Hirn. 6. Santayana. 7. Marshall. 8. the
senses. 9. artistry.
ii. theories
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III. AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS
1.
the public. 2. taste. 3. the spirit of the age. 4. style. 5. knowledge in
art. 6. professionalism. 7. the artist critic.
IV.THE NATURE OF COLOUR
VISION
1.
understand the eye. 2. limits of this inquiry. 3. the physical basis of light.
4. the eye and the mind. 5. colour charts and colour names.
V. THE APPRECIATION OF
COLOUR
1.
phenomena of colour. 2. conditions of colour appreciation. 3. colour preference.
4. colour influence. 5. colour schemes. 6. hedonic effect of colour. 7. epitome.
v.
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VI. THE NATURE OF FORM
VISION
1.
introductory explenation. 2. seeing things. 3. retinal images. 4. perception
of space. 5. contrast. 6. optical illusions.
VII. THE REALIZATION OF
FORM
1.
form a function of mind. 2. categories of form. 3. satisfaction in forms.
4. form-vision and feeling. 5. the accustomed.
vii.
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Part
II. THEORETIC CONSIDERATIONS
VIII. SCALE
1.
various menaings of scale. 2. phraseology of scale. 3. choice of scale. 4.
exampes of choice of scale. 5. maintainance of scale.. 6. interactions of
scale and proportion. 7. sclae in the human figure. 8. limits of size.
viii. scale >>
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IX. PRECEPTS IN PROPORTION
1.
the astrology of art. 2. the Greek architects. 3. Vitruvius. 4. the later
academicians. 5. the proportionist at work. 6. the Canons. 7. summary. 8.
structural analysis of orders. 9. the appreciation of proportion.
X. PROPORTION IN DESIGN
1. geometrical proportion. 2. the appreciation of building.
3. recurrent forms. 4. formal and functional proportion. 5. scale and proportion.
6. conventional proportion. 7. the proportional fallacy. 8. conclusion
x. proportion
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XI. CORRECTIONS AND REFINEMENTS
1. introductory. 2. historic development. 3. top-heaviness.
4. subdivided space. 5. contrast. 6. confluence. 7. over-estimate of angles.
8. some miscellaneous refinements. 9. columns and pilasters.
xi.
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XII. SUBJECT IN ORNAMENT
1. the object and its ornamentation.
2. the purpose of ornament. 3. ornament significant of personal relationship.
4. ornament significant of use. 5. functional ornament. 6. enrichment. 7.
the appreciation of subject in ornament.
XIII. MATERIALITY OF ORNAMENT
1. the logic of material. 2. invention. 3. derivation. 4. transference
and translation. 5. adaptation. 6. glassware. 7. readily adaptable natural
objects. 8. flowers in wrought iron. 9. beasts in stone. 10. variations in
decorative lions. 11. gothic heads.
XIV. THE PLACING OF ORNAMENT
1. use, structure, and ornament. 2. chairs. 3. members and
joints. 4. the architectonic. 5. individual figures. 6. theme groups. 7. histories.
8. trophies. 9. garlands. 10. foliage. 11. bands.
Part
III. SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS
XV. FUNCTION AND FORM
1. dress. 2. apparel. 3. coats. 4. armour. 5. swords. 6. varied
interest in things. 7. a harp.
XVI. MATERIAL AND FORM
1. the material element. 2. pottery. 3. textiles. 4. wood.
5. the sculptor's materials. 6. building stone. 7. sheet metals. 8. cast metals.
9. wrought iron. 10. steel. 11. concrete.
XVII. ELEMENTS OF THE
PLAN
1. analysis of the problem. 2. list of requirements. 3. circulation.
4. analysis of plans. 5. diagram of relations. 6. topography, prospect, and
aspect. 7. materialization. 8. designing from the wrong end. 9. evolution.
10. the completion of the design.
xvii.
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XVIII. EVOLUTION AND GROWTH
1. evolution. 2. simplification of subdivision. 3. complication
of subdivision. 4. proportions in development. 5. growth. 6. unit planning.
7. solutions.
XIX. ORGANIC PLANNING
1. the plan as an expression. 2. daylight in building. 3. libraries.
4. fire stations. 5. picture-galleries. 6. church planning.
xix. organic
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XX. GROUP PLANNING
1. heterogeneous groups. 2. homogeneous groups. 3. mixed groups.
4. vertical grouping.
xx. group
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XXI. TOWN PLANNING
1. land. 2. town growth. 3. life of structures. 4. planning
legislation. 5. commissions. 6. surveys. 7. zoning. 8. traffic. 9. axiation.
10. summary.
xxi. town planning
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Part
IV. DESIGN AND ARTISTRY
XXII.STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS
1. analysis of design. 2. spacial planning. 3. material support.
4. points of support and framing. 5. the structural bay. 6. efficiency analysis.
7. cost analysis. 8. revenue analysis.
XXIII. ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION
1. enveloping form. 2. unity. 3. voids and solids. 4. axiation.
5. unsymmetrical composition.
xxiii.
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XXIV. THE ELABORATION
OF DETAIL
1. the minor phrases of form. 2. scale of detail for stone.
3. scale of detail for wood. 4. material considerations. 5. process. 6. stopping
mouldings. 7. jointing of mouldings. 8. characteristics of detail of various
periods. 9. the designer to-day.
XXV. THE GRAPHIC ARTS
1. graphic expression. 2. drawing. 3. linear perspective. 4.
verisimilitude and imagination. 5. line drawing. 6. painting. 7. graphic art.
XXVI. SCULPTURE
1. the sculptor's limitations. 2. movement. 3. characterization.
4. the features. 5. attitude of mind and body. 6. the sculptor's art. 7. review
of sculpture.
XXVII. THE CRITICAL APPRECIATION
OF FORM
1. the critic's function. 2. critical method. 3. the scope.
4. appreciation of plan. 5. the composition in mass. 6. the elaboration. 7.
the ornament.
xxvii.
the critical appreciation of form >> [753kb PDF]
XXVIII. CONCLUSION
1. summary. 2. tradition.
xxviii. conclusion
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