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Page 85
... symmetry in relation to a party within the picture . Suppose a painter wants to depict the Judgment of Paris . The three goddesses are to be pre- sented as having equal chances of being chosen , which means in visual terms that they ...
... symmetry in relation to a party within the picture . Suppose a painter wants to depict the Judgment of Paris . The three goddesses are to be pre- sented as having equal chances of being chosen , which means in visual terms that they ...
Page 119
... symmetry ( Figure 115 ) . Similarly , the vertical is not actually realized anywhere ; it merely results from the obliquities of smaller axes , which compensate each other . The direction changes at least five times in the axes of the ...
... symmetry ( Figure 115 ) . Similarly , the vertical is not actually realized anywhere ; it merely results from the obliquities of smaller axes , which compensate each other . The direction changes at least five times in the axes of the ...
Page 172
... symmetry of the face is rendered on a curved surface rather than on the required flat one . The same is true for the human body as a whole . What can be done ? In the problem of the face , the simplest answer would be to leave it out ...
... symmetry of the face is rendered on a curved surface rather than on the required flat one . The same is true for the human body as a whole . What can be done ? In the problem of the face , the simplest answer would be to leave it out ...
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