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Line & form (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 22

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ction of form when details and secondary DEFINITION OF BOUNDARIEScharacteristics are lost ; as the outHnes of moun-tains remain, or are even more clearly seen, whendistance subdues the details of their structure,and evening mists throw them into flat planesone behind the other, and leave nothing… … cate lines, receives a sense of repose and poetic sug-gestion which is lost in the bright noontide, withall its wealth of glittering detail, sharp cut in lightand shade. There is no doubt that this typicalpower of outline and the value of simplicity of masswere perceived by the ancients, notably…

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