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 97
the human form. It is the curve which, outlininglimbs of different lengths and breadths, gives a sugges-tion of similarity to the effects of the contours of the armsfrom shoulders to elbows, and from elbows to wrists; ofthe legs from hips to knees, and from knees to ankles, aswell too as of larger… … FIG. 33.-CURVE EXEMPLIFYING GRADATION.See pages 59, 69, 294. the angles at a, b, cy d, and e are in each case the same, butthe line a—b becomes regularly shorter than b—c, and soon. In the direction of g, the curve a—g evidently in-clines more and more to differ from the requirements of acircle,…
Aesthetics · Proportion (Art) · Color
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