Analysis of drawing, painting and composing (1904)
Moore, H. L · London : Printed by VIncent Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd. · leaf 18
ied to suit requirements, we arrive at theegg cup and the basin. This principle of the neck—thehollow between the convexities—can be traced in all sortsof objects of mechanical art. A sense of its fitness, itsstrength, its spring, and the harmony of line, which it pro-duces, gives birth to it.… … 8 III. CENTRES. COMPLETENESS. Consider an egg as it lies, compact, complete, self-con-tained ; turning its back on all things ; a helpless thing.Much such a form would come if we continued the shape ofthe bowl so that it should hold the water from all sides—only here there would come a perfect…
Composition (Art) · Drawing · Painting
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