Teacher's manual for freehand drawing in intermediate schools (1876) (14788193523)

Identifier: teachersma76west00smit (find matches)
Title: Teacher's manual for freehand drawing in intermediate schools
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Smith, Walter, 1836-1886
Subjects: Drawing
Publisher: Toronto Winnipeg : Gage
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries



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-; highlyconventional. 4. Another moulding, or border, from the flower and budof the lily. As the flower is viewed in elevation, it illustratesradiation from a point. The form is Assyrian. 5. 6, 7. Observe, that, in these mouldings, the leaves, sepa-rately considered, are not symmetrical, but are symmetricalwhen taken in groups. The constructicm of these mouldings is so evident, that nodirections need be given for drawing them.
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230 TEACHERS MANUAL. Style in Decorative Art. In decorative art, what is called a style is a thingof gradual growth : one cannot sa)- just where itbegins, or just where it ends. It is easy enough,however, to distinguish two stjles, when each hasbeen fully developed. Full development is notattained until the same general characteristics markthe decoration of all objects at a given period. Different decorative st3les may be distinguishedfrom one another (1) by their externals; (2) b)their aims. Externals differ (1) in the motives, orelemental forms, as the acanthus, the lotus, i&c,which the dissimilar styles emplo); (2) in the man-ner of treatment, which may be more or less con-ventional, bold, timid, elaborate, &c. The aim maybe (1) purely aesthetic, or the expression of beauty,strength, grandeur, for the sake of pleasing. Suchare the Greek, Roman, Moresque styles. Or (2)the aim may be symbolic ; that is, to instruct by anappeal to the sensibilities. Such are the Egyptianand Go