The American drawing-book : a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist : especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction (1847)
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889 · New York : J.S. Redfield · leaf 22
to parts more or less advanced or depressed, are thereby given a location, as decided andcertain as if seen in profile. So truly can they be expressed, on a flat surface, that a sculptorcan model a bust, from a picture, and the eye may be so completely deceived, by their closerepresentation, as… … substantial parts of the object of imitation; and the surest way to acquire facility in expressingthem, is to proceed in precisely the same manner with them, as with other details and accessories. 88. The Hand, although more difficult to draw than the foot, not only on account of itspeculiar…
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