On expression in nature / by Wm. Main.

  • Main, William.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On expression in nature / by Wm. Main. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Page Preface v Introductory - - - - - i Uptending Lines in Vegetable Life . - - 8 Downtending Lines in Trees - - - - 13 Horizontal Lines in Trees - - - - 20 Up Lines in Animals - - - - - 22 Down Lines in Animals - - - - 27 Horizontal Lines in Animals - - - - 32 Why do Plants and Animals show Power and Weak- ness chiefly by Up and Downtending Lines - 35 Signs of Energy quickly perceived and regarded - 45 Objections to the Art Law - - - - 50 Differently Directed Lines in the same Object - 52 The Ogee Line ------ 63 Irregular Lines - - - - - 67 Application of the Art Law to Man’s Attitudes, Gestures, and_^ Habits - - - - 68 Proofs of the Minuteness to which Observation may be carried ------ 80 The Art Law as applied to the Expression of Emotion by the Features - - - - - 90