Polarity in Nature and Art 
superficially the two do 
not resemble each other. 
A straight line and a 
double spiral are ele¬ 
ments common to both. 
The Corinthian capital 
consists of an ordered 
mass of delicately sculp¬ 
tured leaf and scroll forms 
sustaining an abacus 
which, though relatively 
masculine, is yet more 
curved and feminine than 
that of any other style. 
In the caulicole of a 
Corinthian cap In and To 
are again contrasted. In 
the unique and exquisite 
example from the Tower 
of the Winds at Athens 
the two are well suggested 
in the simple, erect and 
pointed leaf-forms of the 
upper half, contrasted 
with the complex, droop¬ 
ing and rounded ones 
from which they spring. 
The identity in principle 
between this and the 
Renaissance baluster by 
San Gallo will be noted. 
This law of sex ex¬ 
pressiveness is of such 
universality that it can 
be made the basis of an 
analysis of the architec¬ 
tural ornament of any 
style or period. It is 
more than mere contrast. 
The familiar egg and 
tongue motif, which has 
persisted throughout so 
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