Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 110
vance. Plan involves theconsideration of the proportion and relation of our masses, andbeauty of silhouette. Draw a figure with a big head, and it atonce looks ridiculous (this seems so taken for granted by the many,that comic draughtsmen have subsisted upon it for years), whilewith a head of the… … Fig. 6. recognition of the importance of proportions. It does not followthat these proportions are those of nature, as in a naturalisticpicture. In a decorative design, to serve our ornamental purpose,one may depart widely from them, as in the relative size of treesand figures and flowers and…
Decoration and ornament
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