. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. f on more than one point, the greateit weight is aliout thatpoint on which the figure chiefly rests. 810 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE. BOUK 11. CJOf?. Fi(i. 825. is a flying, andfi</.H^2G. afallingfigure, both where-of l)eing in motion through tlie airrest on no point. In the first il \villbe observed that the heaviest por-tion of the figure is bounded by-lines inclined u))wards ; as in fall-ing the heaviest portion of it hasa downward direction We hav
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. f on more than one point, the greateit weight is aliout thatpoint on which the figure chiefly rests. 810 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE. BOUK 11. CJOf?. Fi(i. 825. is a flying, andfi</.H^2G. afallingfigure, both where-of l)eing in motion through tlie airrest on no point. In the first il \villbe observed that the heaviest por-tion of the figure is bounded by-lines inclined u))wards ; as in fall-ing the heaviest portion of it hasa downward direction We havethought these elements would beuseful, as exhibiting those leadingj)rincii)les without the compreiien- !»ion whereof no motion or action ^•- ^^- Fij;. s-26. can he well expressed. Every change, says Flaxman, of position or action in the humanfigure will jjresent the diligent student with some new application of principles, and somevaluable example for his imitation. 2404. We shall close this section with the application of the principles detailed in thenianagement of the port crayon to the drawing of landscapes. The subject of Jiys.
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