. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. ense of beini^ spontaneous and unc()nsci(nis, be-cause uninfluencetl or unimpeded by conditions that comefrom without, his gait, postures, and gestures all tend toassume the forms of free, large, graceful curves. See Fig. 26,page 60; also Fig. 20,page 48 ; Fig. 34, page71 ; and Fig. 83, page144. But in the degreein which his expressionis rcjicctiic, in the senseof being made respon-sive and calculating inorder to meet con-ditions from without,especially in the degreein which these con-ditions c
. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. ense of beini^ spontaneous and unc()nsci(nis, be-cause uninfluencetl or unimpeded by conditions that comefrom without, his gait, postures, and gestures all tend toassume the forms of free, large, graceful curves. See Fig. 26,page 60; also Fig. 20,page 48 ; Fig. 34, page71 ; and Fig. 83, page144. But in the degreein which his expressionis rcjicctiic, in the senseof being made respon-sive and calculating inorder to meet con-ditions from without,especially in the degreein which these con-ditions check, impede,and embarrass him, andmake him conscious ofthis fact, or self-con-scious, as we say,—inthis degree we shall findthat his bearing is stiff,constrained, and awk-ward, imparting to allhis movements a ten-dency to assume theforms of straight linesand angles. See the woman in Fig. 27, page 6[ ; also the positions in , page 79. Both these extremes are cviotivc, as is allhuman expression (page 21); but sharp angles and shortcurves will give way to straighter lines and longer curves. ^mo/Uwn. cCe •yfuu-crt^e cut- cCedarc{77 -PROPOSITION OF CHODOWIECK. SeepagesGi, 13S, 147, 160, 161, i6g, 175. 62 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE. in the degree in which outside conditions do not whollyovercome a mans spontaneity, but cause him to makehis instinctive promptings reflective, as in exerting themoral influence of confident assertion. Fig. 28, page 62 ;or enthusiastic persuasion, Fig. 2, page 21, and Fig. 84, page 145. Entangleswill predominate in thedegree in which he isconscious of interfer-ence, as in supposed op-position, whether thisbe mental, as in Fig. 29,page 63 ; and more de-cidedly so, as in Fig. jjpage 135; or material, asin Fig. 30, page 64 ; andFig- 58, page 104; orboth together, as in thetwo figures at the frontof Fig. 39, page 79 ; oras in fighting. The lat-ter condition will doubleup his frame and throwhis neck, elbows, knees,and hips int
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