Painting, sculpture and architecture as representative arts; an essay in comparative æsthetics (1895)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York [etc.] G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 182
37 ; 28,page 62 ; and 38, page J/). As manifested by the posi-tions assumed by the arms and hands, the part of the armabove the elbow would, when making the opening gesture(see page 1 56), be bent in one direction, the part belowthe elbow in another direction, while the hand from thewrist downward… … 140 PAINTING, SCULP TUBE, AND ARCHITECTURE. gesture in Fig. 82, page 143. On the contrary, in mak-ing the closing gesture (see page 156), the elbow is notbent, the effect of the compound curve in this casebeing produced best when the arm is straight, as inFig. 75, page 134. If the elbow be bent,…
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