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 141
econveyed. Otherwise, allthat is excellent in thepoem will be virtuallywasted. So of all that isexcellent in a painting ora statue in the way of pro-portion. Especially isthis true, as related to thehuman form. One mustalways bear in mind thatits proportions are express-ive of significance. Allthe… … FIQ. 58.—APOLLO SAUROCTONOS-PRAXITELES—VATICAN. See pages 99, 141. HUMAN PROPORTIONS RELATIVE TO CHARACTER 105 with this purpose ; and seem beautiful or ugly, on account^partly, of the way in which theyfulfil it, and, partly, of the de-ficiency or superabundance ofthe characteristics supposedto be…
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