Rhythmic shape; a text-book of design . AA 000 287 94. SrMMETRICAL COMPOSITION BASED ON A CATENARY CURVE THE SYNTAX OF ART BOOKFOUR RHYTHMIC SHAPE A TEXT-BOOK OF DESIGN BY MAXWELL ARMFIELDrhythmicshapetex00armf

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