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 65
show that these existalmost universally, and that, whenever found, they arenecessary to the constitution of the form. The fact thatthey exist is so patent that it is remarkable that more at-tention has not been directed to it. Corresponding to the double character—spiritual andmaterial—of all the… … 42 THE GENESIS OE ART-FORM. and full and thin quality. We find in almost every objectof sight, lines of opposing length and shortness, perpen-dicularity and horizontality, curvature and straightness;and colors of opposing light and shade, gayety and grave-ness, brilliancy and dulness. This is true…
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