Drawing & engraving : a brief exposition of technical principles & practice (1892)
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · London ; Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 45
whichexpress manly beautyrather than feminine.They drew, in their ownway, admirably well, withgreat firmness and self-command, knowing alwaysexactly what equivalentsor representatives to givefor the lines and mark-ings of nature, in accordance with the spiritof their artistic system. Their art is… … An Assyrian King. DRAWING AND ENGRAVING Egyptian, and less of the spirit of sculpture.The Assyrian line tends to the expression ofenergy in action, the Egyptian to strength andbeauty in repose. Ill LINEAR DRAWING IN ANCIENT GREECE Notwithstanding the high degree of power andskill attained in linear…
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