Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy (1883)
Armitage, Edward, 1817-1896 · New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 310
ON THE COMPOSITION OF PICTURES. 295 four heads are all points of interest. They are equi-distant, and placed on a segment of the same circle,and, turn them whichever way you will, you cannotget rid of the unpleasantness of the arrangement, solong as you keep them in their present relativepositions.… … a quadrilateral of lozenge shape.** This is also veryobjectionable, and it is a case of frequent occurrence.In both these diagrams, by shifting the position ofone of the heads, we should break up the sym-metrical arrangement which so much offends thecultivated eye. * Taken from the , Acouchement de…
Painting · Costume -- History To 500
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