Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 218
iar kindof dread of the actual contour. It is felt by those who are sensitiveto the interplay and movement of planes that the line must in someway, by its quality or its position, or by breaks or repetitions, avoidarresting the imagination by too positive a statement. It was almost apeculiarity of… … Henri-Ma-tisse. Pen drawing DRAWINGS AT BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB 167 a few quite modem artists, such as Matisse (see Plate) and perhapsModiglianij have recovered such a power, but in the great mass of postRenaissance drawing the art of the pure contour in line has brokendown, and the essential…
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