The Photographic art-journal . ered by us in the longest life-journey; all, I say, exert upon us their ownspecific influence, and on our intellects and 364 The Photographic Art-Journal. June, hearts imprint their own peculiar mark.,*So beyond all measurement is this multi-plex influence, that not a few high namesin philosophy have pronounced Man thesole, exclusive creature of circumstances. We need not adopt this extreme conclu-sion. But it may, with literal truth, beraverred, that borh the transient moods andthe predominant characters of the majority,©f mankind reflect, to a very great degree
The Photographic art-journal . ered by us in the longest life-journey; all, I say, exert upon us their ownspecific influence, and on our intellects and 364 The Photographic Art-Journal. June, hearts imprint their own peculiar mark.,*So beyond all measurement is this multi-plex influence, that not a few high namesin philosophy have pronounced Man thesole, exclusive creature of circumstances. We need not adopt this extreme conclu-sion. But it may, with literal truth, beraverred, that borh the transient moods andthe predominant characters of the majority,©f mankind reflect, to a very great degree,t4Jie circumstances about them. This is a basis quite sufficient for all thesuggestions of this chapter ; I, therefore,respectfully submit them to my heliogra-phic co-laborers, with the hope, that theymay find in them something which maybe of service both to themselves and to thenoble art, which we jointly practice. M. A. Root,140 Chestnut-st. Phila., May, 1853. DRESS—AS A FINE ART.* BY MRS. MERRIFIELD. PART IV. THE e shall consider the dress,by which we mean simplythe upper garment wornwithin doors, as consist-ing of three parts, thesleeve, the body, and sleeve has changed its formas frequently as any part of our ha-bilimeuts ; sometimes it reached tofyj V the wrist, sometimes to a short dis-W tance below the shoulder. Some-times it was tight to the arm ; sometimesat fell in voluminous folds to the hands; jMOW it was widest at ike top, then widest i;&t the bottom. To large sleeves them-selves there is no objection in a pictoriali^iew, provided that their portion of junc-tion with the shoulder is so conspicuous4bat they do not add to the apparent width<©f the body in this part. The lines of thesleeves should be flowing, an4 they aremuch more graceful when they are widestin the lower part, especially so open as todisplay to advantage the beautiful form ofthe wrist and forearm. In this way theypartake of the pyramid, while the inelegantgigot sleeve, w
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