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 180
e of aman. Compare Figs. 31, page 57, and 73, page 137, withFig. 74, page 139. FORMS OF MFN AND IVOMFN. 139 As for other differences in human shapes, there is area-son for this one too, which is ascribable to significance.A larger size emphasizes the part of the form in which itappears. That which… … FIG. 74.—WOMANS FORM ENCLOSED IN LIKE CIRCLES.See pages 15, 59, 72, 87, 135, 138, 290, 295. appears to be made right. Moreover, the shoulders,being at the broadest part of the form, naturally attractour attention first. But, as will be shown on pages 277 to280, the point on which the eyes are fixed…
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