The genesis of art-form; an essay in comparative æsthetics showing the identity of the sources, methods, and effects of composition in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture (1893)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 140
lly near thecentre of the picture,while the weightiestor darkest objects areat the bottom. This arrangement,however, by whichthe chief outlines atthe top of the picturesuggest »a semicircu-lar arch, and those at the bottom a broad and often ahorizontal base, though common, is by no means… … FIG. 38.—LA BELLE JARDINIERE.—RAPHAEL. ORGANIC FORM IN PAINTING. 117 sides suggets the form of a pyramid rather than of anarch. Sometimes, as in Raphaels Madonna della Sedia (Fig. 39, below) and Casa dAlba, the chief outlinesat the bottom as well as at the top suggest a semicircle,causing the…
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