 ... instances the artist is allowed to indulge his individual fancy. This is the case with the gaudy embroidered pouches which the gods carry at the waist. Within reasonable bounds the artist may give his god just as handsome a pouch as he wishes. Some...  Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections - Page 1391893Full view - About this book
 | Herbert Spencer - 1897 - 666 pages
...may give his god just as handsome a pouch as he wishes. Some parts of the figures, on the other hand, are measured by palms and spans, and not a line of the sacred design can be varied." * Unquestionably then pictorial art in its first stages was occupied with sacred subjects, and the... | |
 | 1887 - 698 pages
...handsome a pouch a o r m O I m CO to c z as he wishes. Some parts of the figures, ou the other hand, are measured by palms and spans, and not a line of the sacred design can be varied. Straight and parallel lines are drawn by aid of a tightened cord. The mode of applying the colored... | |
 | 1897 - 334 pages
...is made on the new deposit of sand. The pictures are drawn according to exact and established rules. Some parts are measured by palms and spans, and not a line of the sacred designs may be varied in them. In drawing straight lines the colored powder is poured over a tightened... | |
 | 1896 - 978 pages
...may give his god just as handsome a pouch as he wishes. Some parts of the figures, on the other hand, are measured by palms and spans, and not a line of the sacred design can be varied. " * Unquestionably then pictorial art in its first stages was occupied with sacred subjects, and the... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 674 pages
...may give his god just as handsome a pouch as he wishes. Some parts of the figures, on the other hand, are measured by palms and spans, and not a line of the sacred design can be varicd." * Unquestionably then pictorial art in its first stages was occupied with sacred subjects,... | |
 | Washington Matthews - 1897 - 340 pages
...is made on the new deposit of sand. The pictures are drawn according to exact and established rules. Some parts are measured by palms and spans, and not a line of the sacred designs may be varied in them. In drawing straight lines the colored powder is poured over a tightened... | |
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