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sity to the volumes: the central motive of the pavement is set behind the middle of the room; the well at the entrance is at the side of the basin. The fountain at the far end is in the angle of the garden. An object placed in the centre of a room often spoils the room. for it hinders you from standing in the
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middle of the room and getting the axial view; a monument placed in the middle of a square often spoils the square and the buildings which surround it—often but not always; in this matter each case must be judged on its merits.
Arrangement is the grading of axes, and so it is the grading of aims, the classification of intentions.
