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 177
ocular vision to be explained in Chapter XVI.as a testimony to the aesthetic impression conveyed byputting like measurements with like. At the same time,it is true that, in all cases, when examined carefully, theoutlines of the body, after conforming to these circumfer-ences for a distance… … Fia 72.—WOMANS FORM ENCLOSED BETWEEN CIRCLES. See pages 59, 138, 290, 291, 295. in such a way, therefore, that it can be said that there isan exact ratio between one part of the curve and eachother part of it. Sometimes, too, as between the calfand the knee, the thigh and the waist, the forearmand…
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