Pictorial composition and the critical judgment of pictures; a handbook for students and lovers of art . dAvrav—CorolTHE CIRCLE IN PERSPECTIVE. Z o -»J^;^ ii^ ?l ? • .r aBpi5!s8l^ ? ir,!5^^y:yV. V^iifi^ •<•* . ^Bte^-;^ ^Hliig wr ? -j k iT^ , ,„ ^?!t( •^ n .^ J^Mfe^S*, W^ ._—. .^ifag;-! 1. ^ 1 -• WJt Lj ;^i . : flrV r:.T-^ PICTORIAL COMPOSITION another. Meissoniers composition was expandedafter the first conception was nearly visitor at the Metropolitan Museum maydiscover a horizontal line in the sky and a ver-tical one through the right end. This slightridge
Pictorial composition and the critical judgment of pictures; a handbook for students and lovers of art . dAvrav—CorolTHE CIRCLE IN PERSPECTIVE. Z o -»J^;^ ii^ ?l ? • .r aBpi5!s8l^ ? ir,!5^^y:yV. V^iifi^ •<•* . ^Bte^-;^ ^Hliig wr ? -j k iT^ , ,„ ^?!t( •^ n .^ J^Mfe^S*, W^ ._—. .^ifag;-! 1. ^ 1 -• WJt Lj ;^i . : flrV r:.T-^ PICTORIAL COMPOSITION another. Meissoniers composition was expandedafter the first conception was nearly visitor at the Metropolitan Museum maydiscover a horizontal line in the sky and a ver-tical one through the right end. This slightridge in the canvas shows the dimensions of theoriginal thought. The added space gave largeropportunity for the maneuvres of the cuirassiers,and set Napoleon to the left of the exact centre,where, by the importance of his figure, he morejustly serves as a balance for the heavier side ofthe picture. As in the Whistler portrait, the keystone wasthe picture on the wall, in this composition thegroup of mounted guardsmen on the left gives acircles unity to it, helps to join the middle dis-tance with the foreground, becomes the thi
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