This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...nature, in her chef-d'oeuvre, to embellish a living moving beauty, to whom presently all will submit, but only when the assistance of art has been implored and obtained! Yes, it is only a true artist that can render the clothing of the human body a decoration, either by guiding a woman in her choice, or by dressing her ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...nature, in her chef-d'oeuvre, to embellish a living moving beauty, to whom presently all will submit, but only when the assistance of art has been implored and obtained! Yes, it is only a true artist that can render the clothing of the human body a decoration, either by guiding a woman in her choice, or by dressing her according to her height and carriage, and the colour of her hair and skin, and in a manner suitable to her social position, and also to the particular bent of her mind--I was about to say, her heart. And first, we must consider her height. A woman may be tall and slender, or tall and stout; she may be little and slight, or very short and robust: to these four varieties of stature belong inevitably different styles of dress--but which? And this is a delicate question. In a painter's eyes the women, who in passing attract his attention, are moving portraits. He can say, and generally does say, on seeing them--If I had to paint them, I should strongly accentuate their physical characteristics, in order to delineate their moral nature. I should lay stress on the elegance of one, the grace of another; I should dwell upon the majesty of this one, and bring the embonpoint of that one into full relief. If requisite, I should not hesitate to slightly exaggerate the most distinctive features in certain persons, to give more expression to their portraits. It is a law in painting of the highest style to add to a fact sooner than to detract from it. Michael Angelo, to express strength more forcibly, sometimes became violent. Correggio, fearing that his figures may not be sufficiently pleasing, exaggerates their grace, and where Kubens heightens the lights, Rembrandt deepens the shadows. But can the example of the great masters be followed by the artist wh...
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