Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 62
observed and reconciled inthe arrangement, — its optical beauty, that which re-sponds to the pleasure of the eyes, and its moral orpoetical beauty, that which touches the feelings.The first of these would be the most important, andmight almost suffice if the composition were purelydecorative, as… … EXAMPLE OF SYMMETRICAL COMPOSITION. ENTHRONED VIRGIN, BY GIO. BELLINI (Academy of Venice.) PAINTING. 37 arrangement should take precedence of the pictur-esque, which ought pitilessly to be sacrificed to theexpression if it is impossible to obtain both, tostrengthen one by the other. Touch me,…
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