Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 212
ne, we may say, controls the modellers andsculptors composition, but form and its treatmentin licrht and shade Qrive him his means of ornament.The delicate contours of faces and limbs contrastedwith the spiral and radiating folds of drapery, orrich clusters of leaves and fruits, the forms ofanimals… … EGYPTIAN RELIEFS first stage, and the forms afterwards slightlymodelled or rounded at the edges into the hollowof the sunk outline. Large figures and tables of hieroglyphic inscrip-tion were thus cut upon vast mural surfaces, andcarried across the joints of the masonry, withoutdisturbing the…
Drawing · Decoration and ornament
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