Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy (1883)
Armitage, Edward, 1817-1896 · New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 312
y arrangement. ON THE COMPOSITION OF PICTURES. 297 Convereinsf lines are to be avoided, unless thereis something of interest to which you wish to directattention at the point of convergence. This is byno means an exag^crerated J5& … Specimen of the evil; butthe effect of these fourarms all converfrins^ tow-ard one point is unpleas-ant. If the personageswere disputing over amanuscript, or trying toclutch a bag of gold lyingon the table, then the manuscript or the gold wouldbe the centre of interest in the picture ; and…
Painting · Costume -- History To 500
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![An illustration from XIXe [i.e. Dix-neuvième] siècle (en France); classes - moeurs - usages - costumes - inventions. Ouvrage illustré d'un front. chromotypographique, de 16 planches coloriées aux patrons, de 36 entetes et lettres ornées et de 487 gravures (dont 24 tirées hors texte) d'après les principaux artistes du siècle (1893)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-xixeiedixneuvi00granuoft-772-579.webp)
