In the above outline we have two sections corresponding in measure and shape-character and in attitude. We have, therefore, certain elements of the outline in harmony. We feel movement but not rhythm in the relation of the two curves. There is no balance of any kind.
We ought to be able to recognize elements of order as they occur in any outline, even when the outline, as a whole, is disorderly.
Fig. 174
In order to balance the somewhat irregular outline given in [Fig. 173], we follow the procedure already described. The effect, however, is unsatisfactory. The composition lacks stability.
Fig. 175
The attitude of the figure is here made to conform, as far as possible, to the shape and attitude of the symmetrical framing: this for the sake of Shape and Attitude-Harmony. The change of attitude gives greater stability.
INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF
AN OUTLINE
108. A distinction must be drawn between the measures of the outline, as an outline, and the measures of the space or area lying within the outline: what may be called the interior dimensions of the outline.