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20 HARMONIC LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE.

within, but its general center of form around a line which should

extend through the center of the whole ovoid longitudinally.

I will now present some faces as illustrations of the principle.

Figs. 57 and 58 are a copy from life of two sisters, who at the

same age had a good deal of resemblance to each other. Emma

is 18 months old and has fine round features. Katie is 6 years

old and her features have become much more oval, the curve

of the chin being more delicate and yet more marked as

GRADATION OR PROGRESSION. 21

compared with that of the cheek, while the hair contrastsmore distinctly in color and prominence with the face. Fig-

ures 59 and 60 present subjects still younger and still older

than those of Emma and Katie, the infant which I have copied

from the London Art Journal having a face so nearly circular

that its chin almost disappears; while the French marketgirl, having reached early womanhood, has a fine oval face

and more distinct features of every kind. In fig. 61, the sameprinciple is well illustrated in the three faces presented, which

lengthen out as their age progresses, while womanhood, as

represented by Genevieve in fig. 62, presents a still greatervariety of gradations as seen in the curves of her form as well

as greater contrasts. The line of beauty will be seen on her

cheeks, top hair, shoulders and bust, and the lines of grace

in her lower hair, although the artist has not given her a very

superior expression of countenance.6. Gradations of Lightand Shadeso beautifully exemplified in

sky and hill and valley and lake, and in most of the manifestations

of nature, must be imitated as far as possible in art. In most of

the foregoing pictures these gradations are easily seen, especially

in that of the Astronomer, fig. 38, in which the light fades into

shadow as we pass from the forehead to the temples, or into

still deeper shadow on passing to the eyes, which are overhung

by his prominent and intellectual brow. This latter, in fact,

may be called a contrast of light and shade, although it is graded

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