Small Minor Details of Large Primary Masses
The three-part or three-vertical division system, Rule 3b, is generally used to design the small details in furniture as may be seen in [Figures 276], [277], [278], and [279]; while the rule of sequence, Rule 2c, may be employed again to subdivide these small details in a horizontal direction with as much variety as is consistent with unity. [Figure 280] is a leaded glass surface enrichment for doors. Note the leading lines of the enrichment as they parallel the dominant proportions of the panel opening.
INSTRUCTION SHEET
[Plate 46] is a typical high school sheet of design problems, with the masses accentuated by pen shading. See [Plate 15].
SUMMARY OF DESIGN STEPS
(a) to (e). See similar steps in [Chapter IV].
Plate 45
SUGGESTED PROBLEM
Design a sideboard 3 feet 3 inches high with plate rack. The primary mass should have three minor horizontal divisions and three minor vertical divisions, with the horizontal divisions accented.
SUMMARY OF RULES
Sequential Progression of Minor Horizontal Space Divisions
Rule 2c. A primary mass may be divided into three or more smaller horizontal masses or sections by placing the larger mass or masses at the bottom and by sequentially reducing the height measure of each mass toward the smaller division or divisions to be located at the top of the mass.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What are minor subdivisions in wood construction?
2. What is the effect of a design with dominant vertical major divisions? State its use.
3. Show some customary methods of dividing three vertical major divisions into minor subdivisions.
4. State the rule of sequential progression. Give illustrations from the industrial arts.
5. Describe the transitional stage between the point where the dominance of the vertical motive ceases and the horizontal influence begins.
6. What is the effect of a design with dominant horizontal major divisions? State its use.
7. Show some customary methods of subdividing horizontal major divisions into minor subdivisions.
8. What should be the relation in a design between the details of a project and the divisions of the primary mass?
