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... field " the forces of which it con- sists will distribute themselves in such a way that the simplest , most regular , most symmetrical organization results . The more independent the field and the less constrained the play of the ...
... field " the forces of which it con- sists will distribute themselves in such a way that the simplest , most regular , most symmetrical organization results . The more independent the field and the less constrained the play of the ...
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... field . Whether or not a handkerchief looks white does not depend upon the absolute amount of light it sends to the eye but upon its place in the scale of brightness values seen at a given time . Leon Battista Alberti said : " Ivory and ...
... field . Whether or not a handkerchief looks white does not depend upon the absolute amount of light it sends to the eye but upon its place in the scale of brightness values seen at a given time . Leon Battista Alberti said : " Ivory and ...
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... field assigns to certain objects the role of a framework , on which others depend . The field represents a complex hier- archy of such dependences . The room serves as framework for the table , the table for the fruit bowl , the fruit ...
... field assigns to certain objects the role of a framework , on which others depend . The field represents a complex hier- archy of such dependences . The room serves as framework for the table , the table for the fruit bowl , the fruit ...
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