Anatomy & art : a lecture delivered before the Society of Arts and Crafts of Carlisle, September 27th, 1907 / by Henry A. Lediard.

  • Lediard, Henry Ambrose, 1847-1932.
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[1907]
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Credit: Anatomy & art : a lecture delivered before the Society of Arts and Crafts of Carlisle, September 27th, 1907 / by Henry A. Lediard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    a loth century sculptor, celebrated for his burnt •clay work, which was not painted, but covered with a glazed colouring. I mention these celebrated artists because the children they designed exhibit graceful, anatomical proportions. Compare the Della Robbia infants with some of those in the laps of the Madonnas and you will at once admit that in the art of human proportion and child-like expression, the Della Robbias taught an excellent lesson. Gigantism in Art.—Questions of Proposition. etty’s work. DWARFS BY VELASQUEZ. Few painters in this country have attempted enlarged human figures, perhaps for obvious reasons, but all who have visited the National Gallery in Edinburgh have seen Etty’s gigantic pictures of Judith and Holofernes. Such work gives the spectator much discomfort, because these canvasses stretch from floor to ceiling, and should be viewed at some distance. It is stated that Etty was a constant student in the Life School of the Royal Academy. Four of his pictures are to be found at the Tate Gallery, and of these “ Youth at the Prowand Pleasure at the Helm,” will be remembered. If the great Spanish painter, Velasquez, chose to paint dwarfs, it wras because the Spanish Court