Drawing & engraving : a brief exposition of technical principles & practice (1892)
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · London ; Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 37
on. The historical develop-ment of drawing may always be seen in the practice tion DRA WING ot children when left to draw for their amusement.They begin, as the human race began, with firmoutlines, representing men and animals, usually inprofile. The next thing they do, if left to their… … Geese (Ancient Egyptian). in complete subordination to the strictest primitiveprinciples. For example, here is a decorative re-presentation of geese from an Egyptian wall-paint-ing of the ancient empire in the Bulak Museum. Itis admirably drawn, and seems at first sight veryadvanced art, but there…
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