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 143
he centre of the picture are used almost independentlyof lines. Just as the play of light and shade upon a sur-face in nature reveals to us whether it be concave or^convex, so the delineation of them upon canvas may causefeatures to seem to project or retire from the main ground,and thus influence… … y « I2o THE GENESIS OF ART-FORM. will be further illustrated when we come to central-pointand massing. It suffices to say here that, although theeffects produced thus are sometimes, as by Rembrandt,carried so far as to appear unnatural, even then they areworth study. Indeed, if we wish to recognize…
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