单词 | line of beauty |
释义 | > as lemmasline of beauty d. Fine Art. Applied spec. to the lines employed in a picture; chiefly collective or in generalized sense, character of draughtsmanship, method of rendering form. Also plural (cf. sense 15) the distinctive features of composition in a picture. line of beauty: the curve (resembling a slender elongated letter S), which according to Hogarth is a necessary element in all beauty of form. Also, with reference to engraving (see line engraving n. at Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > character of draughtsmanship line1616 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [noun] > curved element of line of beauty1753 1616 B. Jonson Forrest xiii. 20 in Wks. I I, that..haue not..so my selfe abandon'd, as..I should..feare to draw true lines, 'cause others paint. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vii. 38 The waving line, which is a line more productive of beauty..for which reason we shall call it the line of beauty... The ..line of beauty..being compos'd of two curves contrasted, becomes still more ornamental. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty x. 52 For as..there is but one that truly deserves the name of the line of beauty, so there is only one precise serpentine-line that I call the line of grace. 1756 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (new ed.) II. ii. 42 A bold stroke with the line of beauty, and well shaped stalks, leafs, and flowers..are the only things a designer has to observe in compleating of a well-designed damask pattern. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. p. iv Miniature engravings in the line manner. 1849 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 727/1 To this state of etching..professional engravers bring their plates to be finished in the line manner. 18.. Bookseller's Catal. First impressions of..the 27 fine portraits..all beautifully engraved in line. 1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. i. 126 To translate into colour and line all this huge pageant of life. 1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. iii. 154 We praise the mellow Virgilisms in Tennyson, but we are down upon the painter who repeats another's lines. < as lemmas |
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