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 178
metimes, too, as between the calfand the knee, the thigh and the waist, the forearmand the elbow, and the upper arm and the shoulder,there is a distinct likeness in the method characterizingall the changes in curvature. In fact, the whole outercontour of the leg from ankle to knee seems to be… … FIQ. 73.—MANS FORM ENCLOSED BETWEEN CIRCLES.See pages 15, 59, 72, 87, 135, 137, 138, 290, 291, 295. Now, taking a more comprehensive view, we shall findthat the form of both a man and a woman, as seen eitherfrom the front or the side, fits into a shape which may betermed elliptical because…
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