Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy (1883)
Armitage, Edward, 1817-1896 · New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 311
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… … ^ I <■ >\< ^•n * There is no objection, in a composition of many fig-ures, to placing two or more/w y heads on the same horizontal■^-rx^Mine. Indeed, in many casesvtlJr y it is most advantageous to doso ; but what ought to beavoided is having heads onthe same vertical line. If youhave a…
Painting · Costume -- History To 500
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