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 132
vesubstituted his con-ventional face, prob-bly itself a copy ofsome face which com-mon opinion had pro-nounced beautiful.Moreover, by usingthis face and no other,he would avoid givingoffence to those whomight desire to havehim reproduce theircountenances as wellas forms. Besides this,too, large… … FIG. 49. —DIADUMENOS, BY POLYCLEITUS. See pages 97, 132, 141. 9^ PROPORTION AND HARMONY. though it be admitted that the Greek used models freely,that he was often content to have all the parts of any onestatue literally reproduce all the parts of any one model.
Aesthetics · Proportion (Art) · Color
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