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Teachers' manual for freehand drawing in primary schools (1875)

Smith, Walter, 1836-1886 · Boston : J.R. Osgood · leaf 140

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rns itself mainly with con-ventional forms: it seldom attempts (when it does itviolates the best taste) an exact representation of na-ture. Even the highest art, as illustrated in statuaryand painting, though founded on the imitation of na-ture, goes farther than mere imitation, and gives… … PRACTICAL DESIGN. 133 The following exercises, A, B, C, D, E, illustratethe power of repetition in numbers on form : Conventional Leaves symmetrically arranged about theCentre of an Equilateral Triangle. The Power of 3. Draw an equilateral triangle. Divide each sideinto halves; and, from eachpoint…

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