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Remembering Hogarth

William Hogarth The Analysis of Beauty (London 1753), note Hogarth’s assumption of classical precedent for the serpentine line [p.92]:

...which taste, I am persuaded, my reader will now conceive to have been entirely owing to the perfect knowledge the ancients must have had of the use of the precise serpentine-line.

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Taken on Sunday August 31, 2008
Posted on Sunday August 31, 2008
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Christel Ehretsmann said:

that precise serpentine-line cannot be anything else than perfect : and that we can find in the desert as well : the perfect and harmonious female backline

16 years ago

Shi* replied to Christel Ehretsmann:

... absolutely! ... the most beautiful line in the world and a constant inspiration! ... Watteau, Art Nouveau, Matisse, Moore ... 'the line of beauty' ... it is everywhere in nature ... from the back of a blue petal to the bones of the earth ... something to contemplate, something to celebrate ... and at its most human ... the female form, yes.

16 years ago

Shi* replied to :

Enjoying is always so much more fun than understanding though! of course, the two combined is gestalt! thanks for commenting!

16 years ago

Shi* replied to Shi*:

... and something deeper. Suivre.

16 years ago ( translate )

Shi* replied to :

This is macro ... but yes, the petals have a light velvet down ... :D

16 years ago