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 62
to be used in such a wayas to suggest the dominance of unity and order. Howcan this be done? A little thought will reveal to us that,even in connection with confusion, order can manifest itself,and manifest itself clearly by way of counteraction. Nature,even to the primitive man, could not have… … FIG. 9.—ANCIENT KORAN CASE (Escurial Library, Spain.)See pages 37, 224. or hair does not have the effect of mere confusion, fromthe moment that a glimpse of a method of contour withwhich we are familiar shows that it belongs to the order COUNTERACTION. 39 of the dog or the sheep. In such cases,…
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