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Proportion and harmony of line and color in painting, sculpture, and architecture; an essay in comparative aesthetics (1909)

Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 175

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hrough them. See Fig. 45, page 86. The wholecontour of the face, which, as viewed in front in Fig. 45,is oval, is sometimes represented as formed upon parts ofthe circumferences of three circles described from centres,one, as in this figure, at the middle of the forehead, oneat the bridge of the… … IN PARTS. See pages 82, 130, 133. CURVED MEASUREMENTS FOR THE BODY. 135 note at the bottom of page 61), then, as is evident, theyfulfil certain aesthetic requirements very literally. In asimilar way, the contour of the head, as viewed from theside, is sometimes represented as formed upon parts…

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