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There are guidelines. They are based on the proportions of columns of the Classical Orders (Ionic, Doric, etc.).
At the end of WWI design, based on this knowledge, was systematically repressed by the Modernists whom took control of the architectural industry. Today, few know how it should be so most say, "do it anyway you want to do it".
The American Vignola by William R. Ware, or Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
can explain how the proper relationship between baseboard height (column base) and crown moulding (column capital/entabulature) weight can be made to give the viewer a sense of proper proportion.
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There are guidelines. They are based on the proportions of columns of the Classical Orders (Ionic, Doric, etc.).
At the end of WWI design, based on this knowledge, was systematically repressed by the Modernists whom took control of the architectural industry. Today, few know how it should be so most say, "do it anyway you want to do it".
The American Vignola by William R. Ware, or Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
can explain how the proper relationship between baseboard height (column base) and crown moulding (column capital/entabulature) weight can be made to give the viewer a sense of proper proportion.
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