2. Although the top half of each side is larger than the bottom half, it does not look top-heavy because the tying back of the curtain gives a place for the eye to rest. It holds the same amount of attention as the long length of curtain above it.
C, in which the tie backs are placed at a point below three-quarters the length of the curtain, is not interesting for any length of time because—
1. The eye travels very far down the length of the window, then is suddenly interrupted by the tie back.
2. This arrangement is top-heavy.
3. The window space is not pleasing.
D is exactly the reverse of B, so it is equally interesting.
Further use of illustrative material
"Suppose we now look at these curtained windows from the outside. Do you think that the arrangements which we decided are most pleasing from the inside are equally pleasing from the outside?"
After examining the arrangements of curtains at the windows the pupils may be led to decide that B and D continue to be the most pleasing. "Since we are now agreed that in B and D the tie-backs divide the curtains so that the spaces are most pleasing, would you like to determine just where the division comes in each of the curtains?" Some of the members of the class will be eager to take the measurements and report on them. They will find that in—