Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 21
forits power of characterization andexpression, and asan ultimate test of draughtsmanship, by the mostaccomplished artists of all time. The old fanciful story of its origin in the workof a lover who traced in charcoal the boundary ofthe shadow of the head of his sweetheart as castupon the w^all by… … SILHOUETIT. As children we probably perceive forms in nature defined as flat shapes ofcolour relieved upon othercolours, or flat fields oflioht on dark, as a whitehorse is defined upon thegreen grass of a field, or ablack figure upon a back-ground of snow. To define the bound-aries of such forms…
Drawing · Decoration and ornament
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