On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 409
ttemptat foreshortening in the figures, and in the positions ofthe limbs, does not appear to be open to the objectionsto which Mr. Hayter alludes ; and the merit of the per-formance, when successful, is due much more to correctdrawing and anatomy, than to the knowledge of per-spective. Many… … SAN inKTKO K SAN TAdLo.I.v Li I inn I!i:ni. APPLIED TO THE EXAMINATION OF PICTURES. 36l the hand of St. J*et(>r, in the admirable picture of St.Peter and St. Paul, by Guido Reni, in the Pinacotecaof jNlilan. In the original painting, the adaptation ofthe proportions of the hand to those of life,…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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