Figure drawing and composition : being a number of hints for the student and designer upon the treatment of the human figure by Richard G. Hatton (1895)
Hatton, Richard George, 1864-1926 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 271
DRAPERY 251 There is reason to believe that the Gothic artists defined the areas of support by encircling them, as is done in B. Any surface which asserts itself among the drapery, whether as a primary or a secondary support, should be outlined in this way. The areas thus defined … Fig. 150. become the only parts of the figure which show ; the other limbs may be thin wires for all the difference they make to the effect of the drapery. If the drapery is drawn upward, instead of being allowed to fall, the surfaces of support will of course be on the under sides of the masses of…
Figure drawing · Human figure in art · Anatomy, Artistic
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