Proportion and harmony of line and color in painting, sculpture, and architecture : an essay in comparative æsthetics (1899)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 129
ond the original ofthe Venus de Medici (Fig. 47) ; andboth are said to have been modelledafter the form of the Athenian beau-ty, Phryne (Plinys Nat. Hist., xxxv,36, note 59; xxxiv, 19, note 43.) One fact always affords a strongargument in support of the theorythat Greek sculpture was producedmainly… … FIQ. 47—VENUS DE MEDICI.See pages 92,97,99,102,141 GREEK CONCEPTION OF HUMAN FORM. 93 relative measurements; and the question is asked very pert-inently, If the face were conventional, why was not the formalso ? To answer this question, makes it necessary to directattention to something which we…
Aesthetics · Proportion (Art) · Color
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