. Portrait . Lavender and Old IvoryBy Lillian Westcott Hale, United States of perspective. The vista of the corridor to the rightis a mere incident and enters into the composition as adetail of pattern design and not as a factor of atmos-phere and space. The selection of merely one wall as PORTRAIT a background, if properly selected and arranged sothat it looks absolutely natural, is apt to be sufficientfor the suggestion of an interior and a home atmos-phere. In the Hale picture the mantelpiece is Httlemore than a decorative incident. Still, it makes thepicture what it is, a truly pictorial c
. Portrait . Lavender and Old IvoryBy Lillian Westcott Hale, United States of perspective. The vista of the corridor to the rightis a mere incident and enters into the composition as adetail of pattern design and not as a factor of atmos-phere and space. The selection of merely one wall as PORTRAIT a background, if properly selected and arranged sothat it looks absolutely natural, is apt to be sufficientfor the suggestion of an interior and a home atmos-phere. In the Hale picture the mantelpiece is Httlemore than a decorative incident. Still, it makes thepicture what it is, a truly pictorial composition, harmoni-ous and refined, and there is no reason, despite a cer-tain vagueness of representation, why it should not beconsidered a portrait. Much depends on the arrangement. In this casethe balance of the main figure with the seven or eightaccessories is perfect. Each object is isolated, and yetthe combination of all the various shapes and the effect of a compact whole, of an indestruct
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