Analysis of drawing, painting and composing (1904)
Moore, H. L · London : Printed by VIncent Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd. · leaf 12
the firstand there is in the second : the shape of one has somepurpose, the shape of the other has none. Now to drive a nail properly the hammer must strikeit as shewn in fig. 3 : the hammer-head and the nail mustbe in the same line—in the line representing the directionof the force exerted. But… … B 2 STRUCTURAL FORM. is pointed more nearly in the direction of the force it isexerting. Figure 5 appears an impotent sort of thing—about as bad as fig. 6 : because, in each case, the head isdirected to its objective, the nail, in a line which differs fromthe direction of the force it exerts. The…
Composition (Art) · Drawing · Painting
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