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 290
eft extreme. In Raphael's cartoon of ' The Charge to Peter,' Christ is becoming separated from the group. He is at the extreme left, the figures at the extreme right show less interest than those in the middle. It is in every way a masterly composition, and we feel that in a moment the separation… … Fig. 166. To keep the interest within a group, the outer figures may present the same curve or line on either side ; thus two figures may be both seated, one on each side of and facing the centre of the group, and providing by their bent backs symmetrical curves. This is in accordance with the…
Figure drawing · Human figure in art · Anatomy, Artistic
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