Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy (1883)
Armitage, Edward, 1817-1896 · New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 185
- spokein the wheels was as plainly seen as if they had notbeen rotatinsf. What I have said about the action of walking ap-plies equally to running. The attitude appearsalways more or less cramped unless the moment isseized when the runners legs are fully extended. The illustration of runnino-… … In the first place, the heel ouc^ht not to touch the ground ; it never doesin running-. Secondly, thefigure appears poised onhis right foot ; indeed, hewould fall rather backwardthan forward ; and it isessentially necessary, inexpressing the action ofrunninir, that the ficrureshould appear to fall…
Painting · Costume -- History To 500
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