| 单词 | foreshorten |
| 例句 | From their height she looked small and foreshortened. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Outside, in the foreshortened market-place under the window, they seemed to be singing a hymn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her foreshortened figure rushed away from him; the diminishing square of the roof seemed to be falling through the darkness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When they looked out into the whiteness of the world the wind flung it sharply at their narrowed eyes and foreshortened their view of everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They kneeled between the frescoed walls, where some important-looking saints with blue haloes were standing on tiptoe to avoid foreshortening, and the gay paints of the stained-glass window poured upon their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the foreshortened arm with Goliath’s head seems to extend out to the viewer from the dark background. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As she drew nearer, an irregularity in the surface of the ancient glass foreshortened her image and she confronted the child of fifteen years before. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But to fit these elements on to this wall he had to do sketches, draw converging lines, work out scales and foreshortening. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I glimpse him only for an instant, foreshortened, walking to the car. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z From whatever angle you looked at the poster, the muzzle of the gun, magnified by the foreshortening, seemed to be pointed straight at you. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I saw Estraven come out of the house onto the street below me, a dark foreshortened figure in the even, vague gray-white of the snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Four blurred arms cross my face and then merge into a single foreshortened limb. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I noticed the way the artist defined her huge muscles using light and dark and how her knee was foreshortened, just like we were taught in art class. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z From my angle I was a girl again, white belly, dark triangle, foreshortened legs shaved smooth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The fairies look foreshortened, damaged, streaked by the dust and rain on the window glass; my breath makes a foggy circle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Meyer is seen with extreme foreshortening, one dainty, jeweled shoe resting on a footstool in the foreground. The Secrets Behind Sargent’s Intimate Portrait of a Jewish Family 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Debate about cultural topics, in our era of insta-judgment and unwarranted conclusions, becomes so flattened and foreshortened that the initial subject disappears from view. “American Sniper” and the culture wars: Why the movie’s not what you think it is 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z She often shoots from a high angle, capturing her subjects in unattractive foreshortening. Lauren Greenfield Tries to Capture the Meaning of Money 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z I told Frank about the environmentalists' and writers' conference, and how the foreshortened definition of 'nature' was troubling me. Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie - review 2012-08-07T11:00:01Z At night, a child’s agonized, animalistic moans reverberate through the house, the sounds explained by Patrick as a result of their son’s speech defect: a foreshortened tongue. ‘Speak No Evil’ Review: Impolite Company 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The film is a foreshortened family saga, depicting five generations—three generations of women, bookended by an elderly man awaiting death and a newborn boy who’s then seen later in childhood. Anne-Marie Miéville and the Perils of Collaborations 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z One of the most important lessons Bronzino learned was the expressive foreshortening of torsos, arms and hands, seen obliquely as if in a distorting or convex mirror. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z Then again, the tale these revelations frame — the fulfillment of the promise that Josef will “come to life and perform a variety of miracles” — may strike some readers as curiously foreshortened. A Psychedelic Epic That Wants to Consume the World 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The work still contains deep space and foreshortening, but the viewpoint keeps shifting. David Hockney, Contrarian, Shifts Perspectives 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Seen closeup and directly from below, foreshortened and shrunk, it looks even scarier. True Grit ? review 2011-02-10T14:59:01Z The foreshortening of the nose in this image is somewhat odd, rendering the extremity as a rather flat shape that appears to be floating or hanging in front of the figure’s hair. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z She is known for looks that showcase a manipulated anatomy: dropped eyes, foreshortened noses, lips airbrushed to appear ephemeral. Beyond the Drag Event Horizon 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Anna shifts her scholarly compass toward the foreshortened career of Frederick Langley, a deceased short-story writer who slammed the brakes on his career at the peak of his popularity. A Quartet of First Novels Takes Readers From Trinidad to the Himalayas 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The trompe l’oeil artist amplifies the illusion through the choice of subjects and the mastery of brushwork, light effects, foreshortening and other techniques. Review | Two rarely seen paintings offer a peek into the very private world of Paul and Bunny Mellon 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The aggressive foreshortening in many of the pictures is amplified by compositional sleights of hand. Art Review: Landscapes Framed by a Chevy 2010-09-02T22:45:00Z The figures already display Melozzo’s later trademarks: strongly modeled sculptural volumes, a low viewpoint, and a confident, creative grasp of perspective and foreshortening. Art Review: When Sixtus IV Needed a Painter 2011-05-10T11:30:05Z It was impossible, travelling in reverse through Wojnarowicz’s foreshortened career, not to think of all the life that was taken from him. David Wojnarowicz’s Still-Burning Rage 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z He was only 46, and his death, apparently from a drug overdose, foreshortened a career that was already monumental. An Appraisal: A. O. Scott on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T17:36:07Z Sarah and Josh’s stories in particular are foreshortened. Review: ‘Transparent’ and Its Unsettling Technicolor Dream Theater 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z That revelation, along with his own dramatically foreshortened horizon of mortality, drove Staley out of the closet, out of the financial industry and into the streets. How AIDS activism changed America 2012-09-22T17:00:00Z To see the face you would have to be nearly upside down, a vertigo abetted by the extreme foreshortening of the corpse. Manet: the Inventor of Modernity ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:37Z The heartbeat of the poem seems to quicken with the foreshortened lines and feminine endings. Poem of the week: Bethsabe's Song by George Peele 2010-10-11T10:37:00Z The foreshortened figures of statues lying in the foreground look in fact more like corpses, and nothing at all like the elegant statuary that ornaments the arcade. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Lucy needs to make sense of her past, render it communicable, but she’s weary of the violent foreshortening on which narrative depends. Rosmarie Waldrop’s Novel of the In-Between 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z But there’s more to see than foreshortened figures. Dancing With High-Tech Shadows at the Guggenheim 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z What is worse, the foreshortening of the pointing arm has also been distorted. Germaine Greer: The debate over Mona Lisa's identity 2011-02-20T22:30:00Z Being asleep, or semi-asleep, changes my ability to comprehend the distance between instruments in a piece of music: everything feels foreshortened, as if each element were squashed against a pane of glass. Music to Sleep By 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The wheel on which Catherine will be martyred is so sharply foreshortened that to recognize it is to admire it. Carlo Crivelli, an Overlooked Renaissance Master, in Boston 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Keeping company with “Sisyphus” is Ludovico’s gripping, severely foreshortened drawing of a sleeping youth. Art Review: ?An Italian Journey,? 200 Years of Drawings at the Met 2010-06-17T21:35:00Z One of the more intriguing aspects of his foreshortened life was an attitude described here as Romantic Cruelism: a pose of complete indifference or dark humor even in the face of tragedy. Long Before RuPaul, Doris Fish Wore the Wig. Fiercely. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Again, it is repetition — foreshortening or expanding as necessary — that keeps us always in two minds about the unfolding reality. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Inevitably, this early history of radical London is much foreshortened within the context of the book as a whole. A People's History of London by John Rees and Lindsey German – review 2012-06-22T21:55:20Z Twice, Hitchcock gives us the foreshortened camera angle with the kid looking down the length of the corpse, and it looks as if the great big feet are protruding from his little frame. The Trouble With Harry: Hitchcock's lost masterpiece 2012-07-02T18:00:01Z The foreshortened second line in each stanza adds lightness to the casually tripping rhythm – a rhythm perhaps meant, like the blushing flowers, to evoke Mary herself. Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier 2012-06-11T16:30:08Z Live-action 3-D is usually disappointing, bullying the eye and foreshortening rather than expanding the kinetic pleasure of watching bodies move through space. Critic?s Notebook: New York Film Festival Includes a Sneak Preview 2011-10-09T22:05:10Z The foreshortened fourth line suggests the soft, abrupt thud of a target being hit: "A pledge." Poem of the week: Darts by Christina Dunhill 2012-08-27T11:35:18Z Each piece begins with a meticulous drawing of its basic form in a sort of foreshortened perspective. Art In Review: Diane Simpson 2013-12-13T00:35:36Z The figures are often foreshortened and hover in abbreviated spaces. 3 Days, 150 Paintings: A Whirlwind Tintoretto Tour 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z This game offers a simple lesson in a basic artistic skill, foreshortening. Review | Faith Ringgold is an artist, an activist and a prophet. But that’s only scratching the surface. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The hair is in disarray in “Sleeping,” where he huddles under a bright red blanket, his signature boxy shoes sticking out, seen in steep foreshortening that haphazardly conjures Andrea Mantegna’s “Dead Christ.” After the Storm, Philip Guston for Real 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The foreshortened lifespans of Kathy, Ruth and Tommy are meant to invest their loves, losses, mistakes and redemptions with heightened intensity, and thereby to inspire the rest of us to live our lives more heedfully. How Never Let Me Go gave up and died 2011-02-14T13:07:30Z In spite of its length the film feels foreshortened, as if every vignette or incident, every character encountered for a few moments, contained the germ of an unwritten novel. Movie Review | 'Ghost Town': Zhao Dayong Fleshes Out Life in Remote China 2010-03-15T04:40:00Z The dying fall of the feminine endings and foreshortened last lines seems appropriate to the overall mood. Poem of the week 2010-05-10T10:24:00Z Andrea’s drawing of a standing man, however, betrays Mannerist inclinations; there is a sauciness to the figure’s pose, with its foreshortened elbow, and an obsession with the folds of the cloak draped over the shoulder. Art Review: Rosso Fiorentino at the Morgan Library 2012-11-29T22:55:37Z While the foreshortened sleeping figures in the foreground and even the curving road at right are clearly nods to his brother-in-law, Bellini’s vision is his own. ‘Mantegna and Bellini’ Review: A Family Affair 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z In “Flatboatmen,” the recession is signaled by the extreme foreshortening of a man seen from behind, on his back, his hands locked behind his head, his body pointing straight into the picture. Review: George Caleb Bingham’s Serene Images of Rivers and Frontier Life, at the Met 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The Prospect Park 3.35-mile loop that until my Boulder trip had seemed perfectly reasonable now felt foreshortened and dull. To Ride Again Another Day in Colorado 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z The view was the same—the same foreshortened perspective, the same wall to the right—the same van, even. A mother's vanishing: A secret that haunted my family for generations, hiding in plain sight 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z He saw how Italian Renaissance artists and designers played with perspective and foreshortening. Brooklyn, Before It Was a Global Brand: Walk Its History 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z When Heather and four friends move in, good-looking characters perish — by meat hook, car crash, gunshot and the title instrument, which is repeatedly pointed at viewers in 3-D foreshortened perspective. Movie Review: ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D,’ With Alexandra Daddario 2013-01-04T23:42:50Z Or, for that matter, this past season’s flop, “Escape to Margaritaville,” with the songs of Jimmy Buffett and a life span ending July 1, foreshortened by anemic ticket sales? Perspective | Will ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ be better than other jukebox musicals? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The exception is Tom Sliter’s intimate close-up of two skaters’ feet and ankles, in which only foreshortened shadows disclose the existence of the full bodies beyond the frame. Review | In the galleries: The harsh beauties of a glacial season 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z But from there his drastic foreshortening leads the eye back in space as if along a meandering river. Perspective | Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted this painting. His grandmother called it junk. She and other directors expressed confidence in Jones’ leadership, qualifications and experience, noting that he has many of the desirable qualities identified in the foreshortened search. Seattle Schools vote cheats superintendent, community of clarity 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “If you just used the template from last year, you could see some pieces of the trial from last year that might get foreshortened,” he said. Democrats consider one-week impeachment trial, censure resolution after GOP signals likely acquittal of Trump 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The paintings are often flawed, with problems of composition and foreshortening. In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio’s Paintings 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z They showed “the female form . . . in unusually foreshortened perspective, breasts, belly, legs and feet almost abstracted into a dune-like landscape,” a writer for the London Daily Telegraph observed. Luchita Hurtado, belatedly acclaimed for the sensual beauty of her art, dies at 99 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Will this not just be the end of that foreshortened American century, but — in the deepest sense of the word — the age of disappointment? The age of disappointment? 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z And other ambitious proposals are likely to die in a drastically foreshortened remainder of the recession, almost everyone agrees. As virus spreads, so does gloomy outlook for Georgia budget 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z The more recent photos are often taken from an angle that leaves her head as oversize as a toddler’s, her legs foreshortened, her feet like a doll’s not too far away from her waist. The Case of the Angry Daughter 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Thursday’s announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that Democrats are ready to vote articles of impeachment against President Trump — presumably on the narrowest possible terms, after a constrained and foreshortened process — is hardly surprising. Impeachment and the Democrats: How will they screw this up? Let me count the ways 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z But his ability to engage in such hedonism is foreshortened by his wife’s domineering disapproval. The wives of the Internet don’t approve 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z However, Mr Johnson persevered to foreshorten his mandate. The Guardian view on a snap election: a reckoning the voters may not want | Editorial 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z What is now happening on the streets of Dresden, Leipzig and East Berlin is dramatically foreshortening that time. How communist Europe was swept by a tide of change - archive, 1989 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “In Machines Like Me,” British literary fiction master Ian McEwan posits an alternative history in which Turing’s career wasn’t tragically foreshortened by official bigotry. Ian McEwan spins a sci-fi love triangle with a man, a woman and an android 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z This foreshortened arrangement of statewide contests will be more daunting for candidates who do not begin with a familiar household name and a big pile of money. Opinion | How the California primary will change the Democratic nomination process 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Muscles in my back and upper legs were left much weakened and foreshortened. ‘A crunch. A rip. Pain spread like a stain’: my lifetime of back trouble | Maggie O'Farrell 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z So while the behavior of the ultra-rich gets an ever-widening scope of social leeway, the lives of the poor are foreshortened in every sense. The bad behavior of the richest: what I learned from wealth managers 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Finally, in a full-page illustration with dramatic foreshortening, Spider-Man lifts the machinery off and extricates himself: “From out of the pain — from out of the agony — comes triumph!” Steve Ditko, enigmatic comic artist and co-creator of ‘Spider-Man,’ dies at 90 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z This outcome may not be so bad for Bolton — who has said that one value of the summit is to “foreshorten” diplomacy so the United States can move on to other options. Perspective | Trump thinks his North Korea strategy will work on Iran. He’s wrong on both. 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z He's also rooting for the summit with Pyongyang to fail, in order to "foreshorten the amount of time that we're going to waste in negotiations". Who's going to represent US at N Korea talks now? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z He said psychologists call this a “sense of foreshortened future.” This brave ex-chaplain is still haunted by the Vietnam War’s most desperate siege 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z An upright posture, powerful hind legs and foreshortened front limbs were all reminiscent of theropods. 'Most bizarre dinosaur ever found' is missing evolutionary link – study 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z She quickly discovers she’s out of her depth, not just regarding the case at hand, but in a community steeped in mistrust of the government, tough self-reliance, grinding poverty and cruelly foreshortened prospects. Review | In ‘Wind River,’ Jeremy Renner plays a game tracker solving a murder. 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Katayama was born with tibial hemimelia, an extremely rare condition that stops bones in the lower legs from fully developing, often leaving them foreshortened. Punk prosthetics: the mesmerising art of living sculpture Mari Katayama 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z “Now that my personal horizon has been steeply foreshortened, I was forced to decide how to spent my remaining time.” Piers J. Sellers, Climate Scientist and Astronaut, Dies at 61 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z They were ideal for observation of tropical weather systems, but images of high-latitude features were severely foreshortened. Thank your meteorologist: How forecasting sciences improved, and made us all safer from hurricanes 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z And the foreshortened, oversized hand is an obvious deviation from the consensus we call reality. Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “I thought they were actually good. I am really good at foreshortening, which is not easy…” 'Anthony Weiner' Plans New Career With His Life Coach 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Speaking as someone who risked surgery in 2014 to correct a lower back problem that threatened to foreshorten his own career, Murray knows what he is talking about. Roger Federer pulls out of French Open to avoid ‘unnecessary fitness risk’ 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z When I woke up, my ex was muttering about foreshortening and giving the impression that my naked body was the last thing anyone would want to look at ever again. Have I got nudes for you: Emer O'Toole on the art of being naked 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Caliphate narrative for millennia — or whatever foreshortened era we invent. Donald Trump: The Islamic State’s secret weapon? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The Wall Street Journal even corrected their earlier, misleading China stock market chart, expanding their previously foreshortened time period, thereby showing the complete bubble event. Stock Market's Fake Out Looks Like Start Of New Bull Market Leg 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z As Taney saw it, the compromise would have foreshortened the “democratic” processes by which states carved out of that territory should be able to decide if they wanted to keep slaves. What Does Marriage Equality Have to Do with Dred Scott? 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z But Marthe is drawn on the canvas with no vertical foreshortening whatsoever. Sargy Mann: How a blind painter sees - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z As happens with someone of my age, the future seems to be foreshortening and yet it remains the remarkable mystery it’s always been. “It’s not the country I imagined for you”: A letter of apology to my grandson 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z The last thing these money pools want to experience is more volatility in equity markets, 10% haircuts in foreshortened time spans. Deflation Ain't A Dirty Word 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z In Beijing, where the average longevity is foreshortened by ten years by air that’s so bad that children are gasping for breath, they have to stop burning gasoline. Charlie Munger And The 2014 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part Two 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But moving further away and then zooming in, so that the subject still appears nice and large, produces a "foreshortening" effect, making everything look closer together and more similar in size. Selfie science: taking perfect pics 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z "Well," I thought, "if Bonnard can paint a standing figure from very close-to without vertical foreshortening in the drawing, perhaps I can as well." Sargy Mann: How a blind painter sees - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Having a less dramatic degree of curvature on the new S90 series also means you can watch them from a wider angle without their images starting to look excessively foreshortened or distorted. New Sony 4K TVs Deliver The Perfect Curve - And We've Had Our Hands On Them 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Even Apple doesn’t telescope its upward trajectory in so foreshortened a time span. Deflation Ain't A Dirty Word 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Mantegna exploits the new Renaissance pictorial science to dramatically foreshorten the body of Christ, showing it feet-forward in a way that emphasises the terrible reality of death. The top 10 corpses in art 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Thanks to what he called “the Web’s ankle-high barriers to entry”, the “path from ‘inventor’ to ‘entrepreneur’ is so foreshortened it hardly exists anymore.” Can Homemade Goods Become The Global Brands Of Tomorrow? 2014-02-19T21:30:00Z The notion of a foreshortened teaching career was largely introduced by Teach for America, which places high-achieving college graduates into low-income schools for two years. At Charter Schools, Short Careers by Choice 2013-08-27T01:08:01Z Still, it's not, or not only, that the more distant action is hopelessly flattened and foreshortened. Alex Ferguson: the view from the Observer 2013-05-12T10:00:00Z The 20 percent foreshortened correction in Apple I take constructively. Apple Ain't The Next Polaroid 2012-11-12T23:03:42Z Nixon achieved little domestically in his foreshortened second term. Triumphant Obama Faces New Foe in ‘Second-Term Curse’ 2012-11-08T03:31:30Z You understand foreshortening so intuitively that chances are, if I show you the following postcard and ask what shape the tire is, you’ll say… Circular, right? Don't Look Now But You're Being Watched 2012-06-05T17:15:00.220Z It was also his second successive missed cut, following his foreshortened appearance at the Players Championship in Florida. Rory McIlroy crashes and burns at BMW PGA Championship 2012-05-25T21:06:35Z The foreshortening of the parts, and all perspective treatments, are best avoided, as far as possible. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z His figures are not cast in the supernatural mould of those of Michael Angelo at the Sistine, they are not shaped in his sculptural way, or foreshortened in his preternatural manner. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z In bold foreshortening, float and tumble whole legions between heaven and earth. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In the Exorcist Illusion, when the masks and torsos are rotated, their widths become foreshortened – they appear less wide than if they were facing you full-on. Don't Look Now But You're Being Watched 2012-06-05T17:15:00.220Z For, although a circle seen obliquely is always foreshortened into an ellipse, still the longer axis of the ellipse will always represent the real diameter of the circle. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z As the sun turns round on his axis, the spots will often be carried across the disk from the center to the edge, when they become very much foreshortened. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z He is supposed by some to have been instructed by Coreggio, an assertion which cannot wholly be discredited, when we cast our eye upon some instances of his foreshortening, and of his fine relievo. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z You get a glimpse of Mount Desert in sailing up Penobscot Bay, where its mountains appear foreshortened into two cloudy shapes that you would fail to know again. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z He isn't one of those young dudes who teach society girls how to foreshorten the moon. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z There was an absurd portrait of Charles I, a freak of foreshortening. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z His body was shown set on an inclined plane, the foreshortening disfigured his poor face dreadfully, making his heavy moustache to look as if it were his eyebrows. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z These decorate the upper part of the picture; the lower being occupied by the figures of the two half-naked saints, Cristoforo and Sebastiano, both appropriately executed, and the last exhibiting a new and beautiful foreshortening. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z They give to me no more pleasure than a fine anatomical foreshortened drawing by Michael Angelo would to an unpractised eye. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Looking down, he could see the heads of these men as they climbed the ladders, their bodies being foreshortened into invisibility. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The usual form of ice-crystals in clouds is a right hexagonal prism, which may be elongated as a needle or foreshortened like a thin plate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z As for the Father of Rivers, he becomes a dusky-gray, winding streamlet, and his largest ships are no more than flat pale decks, all the masts and rigging being foreshortened to nothing. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z This was useful to him in the distribution of his large works, where he often introduced perspective views of great beauty, and displayed great skill in foreshortening. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z By the time its burning rays poured straight down overhead the foreshortened shadow seemed to be leading the way along the desert track. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Circular shapes are not the only ones that are foreshortened when they are seen under certain conditions. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z Now and then we find on them figures admirably designed, or successfully foreshortened; but these are rare occurrences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z They are stunted and foreshortened, and rapidly flattened to a map-like appearance; they get smaller and smaller, and clearer and clearer. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z His style is solid and strong, his colouring forcible, and in the skill of his foreshortening on ceilings, he yields to very few of his day. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Above, the Eternal Father, wonderfully foreshortened, looks down upon her. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The two sides of the box are also foreshortened in this position; they appear shorter from front to back than they really are. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The warm sun flooded the woods of Inwood Hill Park with light, creating long shadows that foreshortened the scene. City Room: Autumn Unfolds, With Birdsong and Crackling Leaves 2011-10-14T21:23:28Z In the decoration of this Correggio surpassed himself in his mastery of chiaroscuro and the foreshortening of the human figure. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z He did not acquire a knowledge of foreshortening in the school of Daniello, and here he failed, however respectable in other points. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Moreover, it is impossible to see correctly the relative distances between places far apart on a globe, for the foreshortening of the rounded surface produces distortion. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z See if the three faces in sight are foreshortened. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The near end of the yoke, foreshortened and turned back, is visible on slabs xviii., xix., xxi., xxiii. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Subtle in thought and powerfully conceived, his compositions are usually mythological, but full of matter, energetic and fiery in execution, and marked almost invariably by daring effects of foreshortening. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Whoever examines it must confess that the science of foreshortening, originally attributed to Melozio, was here improved and nearly brought to perfection by Mantegna and his sons. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z The light pose and easy grace of the cavalier who makes the sketch, the foreshortening of his arm, the hand that holds the chalk—so lightly that it seems to move—are all superbly rendered. John Pettie, R.A., H.R.S.A. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work 2011-08-16T02:00:44.287Z When a surface, because of its position, appears less wide than it really is, we say that it is foreshortened. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z They are photographic in their accuracy, making due allowance for humorous foreshortening. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z “The great risk, I think, is a poisoning of politics, which will create a foreshortening of political action, where any sort of bold plan simply becomes impossible.” Way of the World: Economic Crisis Will Leave Scars That Last for Years 2011-08-11T16:30:44Z Above the chaotic medley arched on fantastic columns the huge dome with a gate of heaven painted in perspective, which, according to the beholder's standpoint rose or sank, was foreshortened or the opposite. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z But the careers of elite athletes, enviable as they may be, are foreshortened versions of a human lifespan. Magazine Preview: For Derek Jeter, on His 37th Birthday 2011-06-23T13:59:31Z In the first picture it is foreshortened to such an extent that its width from back to front has disappeared altogether. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The horizon at the north presented masses of clouds, in which it was not difficult to fancy the summits of ragged mountains, receding valleys, with headlands, and promontories, foreshortened by distance. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z In his ignorance of the actual terrain Sal foreshortened his distances considerably. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Vertical lines often represent lines extending away from the observer, who sees them foreshortened and therefore they may seem longer than horizontal lines of equal length, which are not subject to foreshortening. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z I was seeing only that long-stretching waste of white beyond the junction, that bright beaded trailing line of black, narrowing and foreshortened as it receded swiftly into the night. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z In the second, the foreshortened circle appears as a narrow ellipse. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z Until he caught a glimpse of her, foreshortened to a dot on the trail far below, he stood watching. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z His face, seen from the side, foreshortened on the wall, stood out against the white background with a prodigious presence. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z The idea of nearness or distance is given by the aid of perspective, foreshortening, and gradation, and in the same way the three-dimensional quality of objects is expressed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z His contemporary reputation was very considerable, his merit in perspective and foreshortening being recognized especially. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The sections of the orange are changed in appearance very much as the petals of the daisy are foreshortened, in the middle sketch on page 22. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The sleeveless garment showed the round white arms and foreshortened and filled out her slender lines. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z They prove that the ancient painters were perfectly acquainted with the rules of perspective and foreshortening. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z He can even see the foreshortening of the shadows on the road. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z By his eagerness, all objects are deceptively foreshortened; by his intensity each object is viewed as detached; so that essentially and relatively every thing is misseen by him. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Draw a half-lemon in a position showing a foreshortened circle of pleasing proportions. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z Jean and Farnow saw it inclining towards the cathedral spire, and seen from behind, foreshortened, it looked like some bird beating the air with its bow of feathers, and then it disappeared. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z The judgments which were consequently propagated from one antiquarian critic to another, were unfavourable to the ancient painters, who were pronounced inferior to contemporary sculptors, and ignorant of grouping, foreshortening, and perspective. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Life has such a strange way of foreshortening its longest plots with a startling, snapped-off ending. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z We must, however, note how the accurate perspective contributed by the lines of the pavement and the distant architecture facilitates the correct stationing of the figures without confusing them as to position or foreshortening. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z God, clothed in flowing red robes, is viewed from below and foreshortened, and seems to be rising into the sky. In a Michelangelo Fresco, Visions of a Brain Stem 2010-06-21T20:32:00Z He began to experiment with drugs himself, but injury foreshortened his career and he retired in 1974. Charlie Francis obituary 2010-05-19T17:08:00Z This sort of display makes efficient use of screen-space by using a foreshortened perspective view, and by making the screen a transparent viewport you look through, instead of an opaque surface to look at. The iPad in the Eyes of the Digerati 2010-04-07T00:18:00Z Guards describe an intimate bond with specific works of art, checking details and gleaning techniques from the masters, like the Impressionist color palette or how Rodin foreshortened an arm. Hoping to Graduate From Guards to Gauguins 2010-03-06T03:03:00Z From Chamouni its vast slopes are so foreshortened that one gets a very imperfect idea of the extent to be traversed to reach the summit. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Again, the savage knows that an animal has two sides; both, he thinks, should be represented, but he cannot foreshorten, and he finds the profile view easiest to draw. Custom and Myth New Edition He gathered her up and laid her head backward on his shoulder, so that her face was foreshortened and close to his. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole He took to drawing at a very early age, imitating his father, and developed great aptitude for foreshortening. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The second great turret-head, foreshortened against the sky, now disappeared, shut back from view by the steep fall of the ground. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt But the downward fluctuation of little City streets towards the water is a briefer thing, and as full of drawing as the upper line of a flexible fan foreshortened. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure One leg is extended towards the spectator, the foreshortening of which is a marvel of execution. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. The third book is devoted to transposing or changing these proportions, and contains examples of distorted and unsymmetrical figures; and the fourth book treats of foreshortening, and shows the human body in motion. Dürer Artist-Biographies The method would be plainly laborious, unintelligent and unedifying, and in drawing the most complicated foreshortened forms of the human body it would seem still more illogical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" My spirits, d’you see, were catched up in a high, solemn exaltation, and I saw all earth’s vanities foreshortened and little, laid out below me like a town from a cathedral scaffolding. Rewards and Fairies The railways run; their foreshortened sweeps and reaches look like the swinging and swaying of resolute motion. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure That part of the figure which is foreshortened will have the greater number of folds, while that which is not, will come out plain and bold. The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. Nothing there but is carried into execution with genius: all the figures there are masterly and most beautifully foreshortened, and everything that you look at is divine and beyond praise. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings This body, less Oriental in appearance than the one in Zamora, impresses one with a feeling of greater awe, thanks to the great diameter as compared with the foreshortened height. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain One of the women is bending over the railing in a half-shadow while the other lifts her face toward the man in an attitude that makes exacting requirements of the artist's knowledge of foreshortening. Artists Past and Present Random Studies In this picture, among other things, is a horse in foreshortening, leaping over a soldier in armour, which is most beautiful; but some declare that Orazio was assisted in the work by his father Tiziano. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero After this scene, Paolino painted the ceilings of certain chambers, which are used by that Council of Ten, with figures in oils, which are much foreshortened and very rare. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma She had a sweet face, curiously foreshortened by a low forehead and the briefest of chins. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur Hearing nothing but perspective, Colouring and soft gradation, Modelling and bold foreshortening, Soon they lost their wits entirely. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. In the left foreground lay massed by foreshortening the long lines of stacked arms, with crowds of figures, some moving but most of them at rest. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 All of which is correct, yet we respectfully submit that the theatre, like a picture, has its optics: its foreground, middle distance, background, and foreshortening. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Like aërial perspective, the best way to study foreshortening is to study nature, not rules. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors In such terms, then, let me speak of it as, foreshortened by time, it now presents itself to my memory. Memoirs of Life and Literature The leaves are thrown back from the stem with singular grace and freedom, and foreshortened, as if by a skilful painter, in the shallow marble relief. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), The sun tickled her shoulders through her linsey dress, and pictured her, grotesquely foreshortened, upon the nail-drawn, warped, and beaten floor. The Bondboy In order to find out, hold the page level with the eyes, so as to foreshorten the drawings. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Therefore, learn to draw, and don't worry about the foreshortening. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors He95 began to swell and foreshorten, and when I used my finger instead of the twig, he puffed up very rapidly, rose up more upon his feet, and bowed his head. Under the Maples In the “Fair in Piazza S. Marco” the arch from under which the Fair appears is gigantic, and he foreshortens the wing of the royal palace. The Venetian School of Painting Colonel Price’s heifers might be–very frequently they were–hulky and bumpy and out of proportion, his horses strangely foreshortened and hindlengthened; but there never was any fault to be found with his corn. The Bondboy The hog's back of a still more deserted bridge arched itself at the foot of the street, its suspension cables showing against the sky in foreshortened curves. The Camera Fiend Perspective can be worked out by rule, foreshortening cannot. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors De Boer's projector was levelled: the huge, foreshortened muzzle of it blotted out half our image. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The Baptist is twisting round, to display the foreshortening which Pordenone particularly affects. The Venetian School of Painting We saw her foreshortened; then end on; then foreshortened again as her other side swung into view. The Red Hand of Ulster The foreshortening and the movement of the man's figure struck the boy forcibly, and in a flash he discovered the secret of perspective and the mystery of planes. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History After all, foreshortening is only good drawing, and a good draughtsman will foreshorten well, while a bad draughtsman will not. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors To reduce their apparent height, three-story houses were foreshortened with square windows. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The little gathered roses, which Lotto makes use of to the end of his life, lie scattered on the step; angels, daringly foreshortened, sweep aside the curtain of the sanctuary. The Venetian School of Painting The little foot is admirably foreshortened, and the wrinkled sole a bit of inimitable painting. Holbein Approach to the edge of the disk also causes a foreshortening which sometimes entirely alters the aspect of a marking. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers No giantism of limb and feature was beyond the ability of his brush; no astounding foreshortening was too much for his unerring point; no vast perspective was too deep for his knowledge and strength. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Both upper and lower sashes on the first floor are twelve-paned, as are also the upper sashes on the second floor, the foreshortening of these upper windows being accomplished by means of eight-paned lower sashes. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia On either side, four badly drawn little angels, with ugly faces and awkwardly foreshortened forms, foreshadow the beautiful, music-making angels which became such a feature of North Italian art. The Venetian School of Painting Both stared awe-struck as the picture formed rapidly before their eyes and hung inverted in the brassy sky just above the horizon foreshortened by the sweep of a low, snow-buried ridge. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country It may be actually moving at a much greater rate, for it is possible that we see its path somewhat foreshortened. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language For by the foreshortening that clouds undergo in the distance, they inevitably appear to form chiefly on the horizon, "at the ends of the earth," whence they move upwards towards the zenith. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The central part of the house has casement sashes with blinds as contrasted with Georgian sashes with paneled shutters elsewhere, and all second-story windows are foreshortened. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The figures are life-size, the types stern and rugged, daringly foreshortened, and the colours, though gorgeous, are softened and broken by broad effects of light and shade. The Venetian School of Painting She sees the top of a hat first, and the person necessarily foreshortened. The Limit Much doubt has, however, been thrown upon their being rings at all; and the best authorities regard them merely as spiral nebulæ, of which we happen to get a foreshortened view. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The true form of the ring is circular, but by us it is seen foreshortened; consequently, when the Earth is above or below its plane, it appears of an elliptical shape. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The windows have twelve-paned upper and lower sashes with paneled shutters on the first and second stories, and foreshortened eight-paned upper and lower sashes without shutters on the third story. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The neck of the femur may appear to be fractured if a foreshortened view is taken. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. In one of the two other spaces are the Giants being slain with thunderbolts by Jove, with some dead bodies on the ground very well painted and most beautifully foreshortened. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto He stood a while looking down into the street below with its crowd of strangely foreshortened figures. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker You may have a tolerable look at the cathedral without leaving the railway carriage, for it stands just above the tunnel and is exposed, much foreshortened, to the spectator below. A Little Tour of France They were gable-roof structures with high chimneys in the party walls, foreshortened, third-story windows and from one to three dormers piercing the roof. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia He is also supposed to have been the first who used a variety of colors, and to have introduced foreshortening. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life In the sky, heavily embossed with gold like the last, float angels with musical instruments, one of whom, with face downward, blowing a pipe, is not so successfully foreshortened as is usual with Signorelli. Luca Signorelli Other formations nearer to the moon's limb appear still more foreshortened when viewed from the earth. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Towards the edge this arrangement is generally rather apparent than real, and is merely a result of foreshortening. The Story of the Heavens At first she could not see, and then she saw, foreshortened and clear to her, Uya, running with great strides and his eyes staring. Tales of Space and Time The progress of painting is always from representing the Consecutive to representing the Simultaneous; perspective, foreshortening, and later, light and shade, being the scientific and technical means towards this end. The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics The foreshortening of some of the figures is admirable, the composition in the restricted space is good, and there is superb drawing and modelling in the foreground figure among the Prophets in the last fresco. Luca Signorelli That," I said, "is a large walled plain called Plato, and, being on a receding curve of the moon, it is seen from the earth foreshortened, so that it appears to be elliptical in shape. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story When we look at Mercury we see nothing of the non-illuminated side, and the crescent is due to the foreshortened view which we obtain of the illuminated part. The Story of the Heavens In one of these, that of S. Giuliano, there are scenes from the life of that Saint, with a good number of figures, and a dog in foreshortening that was much extolled. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna He picked her up, carried her down, hesitated a second while his face—curiously foreshortened as she looked up at it from his big arms—twisted with emotion. Free Air The foreshortening is admirable, and so is the fine perspective of the beautiful architecture of the Temple. Luca Signorelli It was a sombre face, broadened and foreshortened by the heavy, leaning brows. The Creators A Comedy These changes, together with the inevitable effects of foreshortening, render it often difficult to correlate the objects on the planet with those on the maps. The Story of the Heavens His thin, sharp face gained by the slight foreshortening and his brilliant eyes, keen nose, and high brow did not quite so completely overbalance the sad and delicate strength of mouth and chin. The Branding Iron Still later comes the big pear-tree that has turned, among barer boughs, to flame-color, and, in another picture, the very pale russet of the thinned cherry-trees, standing, beneath a grayish sky, above a foreshortened slope. Picture and Text 1893 He sought more than any other master to make his figures nude and foreshortened, which was little done before his day. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi No word came in reply, but Gus plainly saw an object that resembled a gun barrel come from a vertical to a 236 foreshortened position. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In Upright, and very accurately upright, as also the edges of the piece of cloth in its frame,—as also the gliding form of the angel,—as also, in severe foreshortening, that of the Virgin herself. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The execution was by no means correct, the foreshortening of the little bare legs was not well done, the hands were out of drawing, and the whole picture had the stillness that comes from inexperience. Duffels Its foreshortening, its relief and grace are largely due to him and his teaching. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture To the right of Mr. Lowe I see a figure which, foreshortened from my point of view, is chiefly distinguishable by a hat and pair of boots. Faces and Places The houses were dark in the August night and the perspective of Beacon Street, with its double chain of lamps, was a foreshortened desert. A London Life and Other Tales From such limited concepts of personal responsibility, there can not fail to develop a foreshortened view of the dignity of the task at hand. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Todd gawping at her, but not offering to help, while a foreshortened Sanford groped along the floor, under the dusty line of coats, for her missing left rubber. The Job An American Novel The spectator, however, looks down upon it from a great height above its brink, whence it is so foreshortened that he can only guess its majesty and beauty. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland The animals are drawn without any regard to anatomical or optical truth,—foreshortening taken by a royal road, and grace thrown overboard. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Petey explained that each boulder marked the resting place of some student whose career had been foreshortened accidentally, and he described several of the tragedies—invented them right off the reel. At Good Old Siwash He heard a guttural exclamation of wonder, saw the head come slowly round until the circle of the ear foreshortened and moved past his sights, and they were centred straight between the staring eyes. Between the Lines Streets radiated away from the square in orderly succession, the whole so clearly depicted that they could see the throngs of people surging up and down, tiny foreshortened faces turned toward the sky. Control Group From these masters he learned to be very skilful in drawing, especially in foreshortening, or in representing objects seen aslant. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture It was quite impossible to reach Abdul—he was receding as the horizon recedes when a clear atmosphere foreshortens the distance. There was a King in Egypt The great steel derricks and their crisscrossing cables cast curiously foreshortened shadows on the gleaming white expanse. Flamsted quarries A glance explained that the moon had risen higher in the heavens, and the shadow cast by the mound had been gradually foreshortened. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse On the bank, in abrupt foreshortening, lay the figure of a man. The Dragon Painter In the XV century, two towers were built which flank the western end as towers usually flank a façade; and this gives the church a foreshortened effect. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 The early pictures, in all ages, either merely indicate the character of bas-reliefs or single statues,—a cold continuity of outline, and an absence of foreshortening. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. But the circularity was evidently the effect of foreshortening. The Book of the Damned Both romance and religion see everything as it were foreshortened; they see everything in an abrupt and fantastic perspective, coming to an apex. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The architect is apt to exaggerate the merit of a building placed on a very awkward site, the artist to think a piece of very difficult foreshortening more beautiful than it really is. Milton His figure is foreshortened, and to such a degree that his legs are out of the canvass, instinct with life and motion. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 The nocturnal studies of Tintoret, from models and artificial groups, have been celebrated; those prepared in wax or clay he arranged, raised, suspended, to produce masses, foreshortening, and effect. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. The idea of foreshortening is not mine: Maunder says this. The Book of the Damned If there are limits to be observed in the foreshortening of a single leaf, how much more must they apply to the representation of whole landscapes? Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship I see it all foreshortened, his wonderful remainder—see it from the end backward, with the direction widening toward me as if on a level with the eye. Embarrassments The Christ is, in the foreshortening and character of the face, a repetition of that on the reliquary of the "Madonna della Stella." Fra Angelico However, the story, foreshortened though it was, precisely as he related it, was told with a due regard to its artistic completeness. Charles Dickens as a Reader The foreshortening of some of the dead figures shows great art and proves that Lippo was conscious of some of the difficulties of his profession and endeavoured to some extent to overcome them. The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) The temptation to imitate effects of foreshortening for its own sake is not without some excuse, as it is quite possible to make presentable pictures in this way. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship He was the first who attempted the difficult task of foreshortening. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) “Are you sure?” cried Captain Gillespie from the deck below looking up at me, when his long nose, being foreshortened, seemed to run into his mouth, giving him the most peculiar appearance. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea No matter how much you allow for refraction and foreshortening, you'll find it almost impossible to get correct values by studying a reef from the top only. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries In a word, their world, like a child's, is full of foreshortening, as of a short cut to fairyland. A Short History of England B is an attempt to present it in violent foreshortening, showing its back to the spectator, while its point is supposed to be buried in the background. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship This picture is wonderfully fine, as regards the foreshortening of the dead body; and I never saw such an exhibition in this respect. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland She looked directly down upon him, foreshortened to a face, and even with the distance and the broad glare of noon between them she recognized his aspect—his gayest, of diabolic glee. The Coast of Chance The projecting mass of the Galilee, the western towers, the foreshortened nave roof, and the majestic central tower behind and above, form a group of high and rare excellence. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See The past is a giant foreshortened with his feet towards us; and sometimes the feet are of clay. A Short History of England In proportion to the amount of actual projection from the background, of course the necessity diminishes for that kind of foreshortening which is obtained by delineation. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship Like drama which compresses the tragedy of a lifetime into a unity of time, place, and action, history foreshortens an epoch into an episode. A Preface to Politics She leaned forward with one of her legs crossed over the other, her arms extended and foreshortened, her hands locked together round her knee. The Tragic Muse The dark brownish body he could hardly now see; it was foreshortened to his sight, down slanting deep under the disturbed surface. The Mermaid A Love Tale It is a difficult, almost an impossible thing—that foreshortening. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 The foreshortening of the right arm and hand of Icarus is a clever piece of technical workmanship. Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation A stupendous performance, which shows what marvellous power was in this man of turning lines in foreshortening and perspective. Michael Angelo Buonarroti As Mr. Hogarth has pointed out, 'the men of Præsos were no doubt, in the true saga spirit, foreshortening history by crystallizing a process into a single event.' The Sea-Kings of Crete The foreshortening produced by the lens system also contributes to this illusion. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery The most speculative genius is often at a loss to conjecture the species of a human being foreshortened by a young lady. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 That foreshortening and generalizing, that fusion of detail, that subordination of the instance and the occasion to the broad effect, are the elements of the pictorial art in which Thackeray is so great a master. The Craft of Fiction The skill of the drawing and foreshortening is masterly as ever, but he does not appear to have referred to nature for the forms; and even Michael Angelo without nature became stale. Michael Angelo Buonarroti To this design the science of foreshortening, and the profound knowledge of the human form in every posture, give its chief interest. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series It was two hours before dark and the perspective toward the east was already foreshortened. The Settling of the Sage The moderns have doubtless surpassed the ancients in the arrangement of their groups, in perspective, foreshortening and chiaro-scuro—and in coloring. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Then the town is lying in alternate light and shade; the pavements are chequered with gabled outlines, long drawn out or foreshortened according to their position. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 They pulled up at a foreshortened purpose; but the unaccomplished aim did more for humanity than the idealist's dream. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark On the southern pulpit the scene on the Mount of Olives shows the foreshortened Apostles sleeping soundly as in Mantegna's pictures. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Is it something in the soul; a habit of discouragement; of marking time; of fighting shy on the defensive instead of jumping into the aggressive; of self-derogation; of criticism instead of construction; of foreshortened vision? The Canadian Commonwealth His fertility of invention was wonderful; his genius grappled with and conquered the most arduous difficulties of the art, and he shows his powers in foreshortening in the most daring variety. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Pedestals were all very well at a proper distance, but at a close view they were foreshortening to the human figure. The Helpmate It is more true to say that we see the past in retrospect as greatly foreshortened. Illusions A Psychological Study MORETUS.—A magnificent object, 78 miles in diameter, but foreshortened into a flat ellipse. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features His knowledge of anatomy is great and he foreshortens on canvas and ceiling astonishingly before the advent of Michael Angelo. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers One might almost think that, pleased with his new knowledge, he had multiplied the number of objects on the shelves so as to show how well he could foreshorten them. The Book of Art for Young People He seized her by one foreshortened arm, and led her toward the next exhibit. The Mantooth So that the time-vista of the past is seen to answer pretty closely to a visible perspective in which the amount of apparent error due to foreshortening increases with the distance. Illusions A Psychological Study In shape it approximates very closely to that of a foreshortened regular hexagon. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The horse of the Marquis, represented almost foreshortened from the rear and with its head turned, is a skilful invention to tone down military symmetry, so unfavourable to painting. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers You see it, in the front, foreshortened--as you enter; and as the head is the bulkiest portion of the animal, you may imagine something of the probable resulting effect. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two These three years—especially these two years of the war—have changed my whole outlook on life and foreshortened all that came before. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Like our paleolithic artists, we fail to get the reindeer fairly behind the ox in the foreground, as we ought to do if we saw the whole scene properly foreshortened. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science MUTUS.—A fine but foreshortened walled plain, 51 miles in diameter. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Consider well how in their affected or unaffected negligence their form is accentuated and their foreshortening is expressed. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers You turn to the right, and obtain the first foreshortened view of the "ten little chambers" of which I just spoke. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two The other artists, accepting defeat, retired from the field; the authorities gazed in a fine state of confusion over the unconventional foreshortening of the saint and his angel. A Wanderer in Venice The maker of a statue need not think about foreshortenings: if he gives the correct form the foreshortening will take care of itself. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects Were it not somewhat foreshortened, Tycho would be seen to deviate considerably from what is deemed to be the normal shape. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The Infant Jesus draws himself up in a pose that shows great knowledge of foreshortening, and is a marvel of roundness and fine modelling. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Have a care that all mirrors are of plate glass, for the foreshortened, distorted image which looks back at one from an imperfect looking-glass has a depressing effect on one's vanity. The Complete Home This altitude, however, foreshortened as it was by the vertical position of the Projectile, could not be noticed just then, even if correct observation had been permitted by the dazzling surface. All Around the Moon In the light of a vivid recollection, the long tract between fades and foreshortens, till only the Then and the Now are notable. Idolatry A Romance The open space seemed longer while it was being traversed, but rapidly foreshortened after it was left for the filled space. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. And what hands! especially the one stretched out with the fingers foreshortened. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers So the chronology of prophecy is not altogether that of history; and while the events stand clear, their perspective is foreshortened. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII The prominence of the mountains vanished, not only through the foreshortening, but also in the dazzling radiation produced by the direct reflection of the solar rays. All Around the Moon She photographed well, her big, smooth shoulders bare, her hair smooth and smart, her chin uptilted so that she looked out, foreshortened. Married Life The True Romance When the finger-tip leaves the filled space, part of it, because of its length, has already, as it were, left the specious present, and has suffered the foreshortening effect of being relegated to the past. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. The drawn-up position of the child, who presents several portions of his body foreshortened, is full of grace, a grace sought-for and rare, like everything else that the sublime artist ever did, but natural, nevertheless. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The future is foreshortened, and great gulfs of centuries are passed over, as, standing on a plain, we see it as continuous, though it may really be cleft by deep ravines. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Those on one side of this line are seen in foreshortened perspective. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The prophet always foreshortens his revelation, and generally blends the city of God with a vision of his own country transfigured. Outspoken Essays In this way the foreshortening effect of time was excluded. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. "A letter for you, Herr Doctor," he cried, and his red nose gleamed in the evening glow, strongly foreshortened to the Doctor's eye. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Women passed, foreshortened into circular bells of colour, draped with gay pelerines and rich India shawls. The Three Black Pennys A Novel As she stood, turned sideways to him, one hand on her hip, the deltoid muscle was at once contracted and foreshortened. Vandover and the Brute And to put Menes back at 160,000 years ago—what an amusing idea that will seem!—But the truth is we must wage war against this mischievous foreshortening of history. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 And in fact, in blocking out any object, whether foreshortened or not, the shape of the background should be observed as carefully as any other shape. The Practice and Science of Drawing Again, the savage knows that an animal has two sides; both, he thinks, should be represented, but he cannot foreshorten, and he finds the profile view easiest to draw. Custom and Myth She laughed wide-mouthed, her head flung back, her face foreshortened, her white throat swelled and quivering—the abandoned figure of Low Comedy incarnate. The Divine Fire When I look at one I feel like covering it with a thousand figures twisted into every intricacy and difficulty of foreshortening! The Common Law But this same Welsh peasant, who thus forgets and foreshortens recent history, always remembers that there were kings of Wales once. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Notice the unconscious humour of the foreshortened spears and figure carefully arranged on the ground to vanish to the recently discovered vanishing point. The Practice and Science of Drawing The shadows of the two players, all foreshortened by the approach of noontide, bobbed about in dwarfish caricature along the smooth sandy stretch. The Frontiersmen The distances were far greater than the first-glimpsed, foreshortened perspective had allowed him to guess, and there was only the starlight to illumine the gray face of the palace. The Fortieth Door The long barrel of a rifle, foreshortened to a black point, above it a cold eye, fronted and followed them as they swayed. The Covered Wagon And having said all this, and reconsidering it, one feels that to attribute these three branches of literature to a single manvantara is a woeful foreshortening. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 A carbine strikingly foreshortened lay across the pommel of the saddle, kept in place by the right hand grasping it at the "grip"; the left hand, holding the bridle rein, was invisible. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians But the disembowelled corpse is more corpse-like than the queerly foreshortened dead body in the picture on anatomy at The Hague. Promenades of an Impressionist On the left can be seen, much foreshortened, the archway and double doors of linen fold panels. Medieval People The long hair hanging down from the body foreshortens the appearance of the legs and gives a quaint look to the moving herd. The New North "You know you have," she said, and smiled, with her head back so that her face foreshortened. The Vertical City It therefore becomes necessary to tilt the figure slightly, bringing into view the fourth axis, much foreshortened, and with it, all of the lines which make up the figure. Architecture and Democracy She taught him more than the rudiments of technique, more than the mere processes of mixing colors, more than shading and form, and perspective, and flat surfaces, and high lights, and foreshortening. The Purple Heights Then I shall ask you, compadres, to listen carefully to the report from each district, so that you may judge the wisdom of foreshortening the interval between to-night and the date set for the uprising. Starr, of the Desert The incident of the bare feet may be regarded as a fortuitous coincidence, since Miss Angus saw the young lady foreshortened, and could not describe her face. The Making of Religion It must foreshorten its pictures by abstractions, and this includes not merely the omission of events and deeds, but whatever is involved in the fact that Thought is, after all, the most trenchant epitomist. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The mountain is nearly a perfect cone, and from the village of Kluchei it is so deceitfully foreshortened that the last 3,000 feet appear to be absolutely perpendicular. Tent Life in Siberia The philosopher of the ego sees everything, no doubt, from a high and rarified heaven; only he sees everything foreshortened or deformed. The Defendant Thence we had a view of some foreshortened suburbs at our feet, and beyond of a green, open, and irregular country rising towards the Pentland Hills. Composition-Rhetoric It is all unusually strong; the drawing is firm and very bold in the foreshortening of the animal. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. No philosophy can ever be anything but a summary sketch, a picture of the world in abridgment, a foreshortened bird's-eye view of the perspective of events. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy The absence of all variety in form or light and shade, and the dull lines of his foreshortened front, made it hard to realise that he stood some five thousand feet above us. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil It should be observed that the area thus stated is 0.011 less than the total foreshortened superficies of the ninety-six mirrors if sufficiently wide to come in perfect contact at the vertices. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 The happenings of the last few months, foreshortened in perspective, seemed to have almost a pantomimic rapidity. Love and Mr. Lewisham The poster consisted of a picture of a man supposed to represent the Progressive Party, pointing a foreshortened finger and saying, with sufficient ambiguity to escape the law of libel: 'It's your money we want.' Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Portraits of somewhat different sizes may be combined by placing the larger one farther from the eye, and a long face may be fitted to a short one by inclining and foreshortening the former. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development That he was keenly interested in the problems of perspective and foreshortening, and that none of the knowledge collected by his fellow-workers had escaped him, is sufficiently proved by his frescoes at Pisa. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Far below him, looking like two-legged hats, so foreshortened they were from the aeronaut's point of view, were the people of Paris, while in front loomed the tall steel spire of the Eiffel Tower. Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers In church, in the gallery, with his face foreshortened, he had been effective in a way, but this was different. Love and Mr. Lewisham Strange postures too: this fellow upright, that man kneeling, or bent down, or on the point of rising; all in the air foreshortened with full conquest over every difficulty. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti I never have been so surprised in my life as I was when I let out the first blow and saw him lying on his back, with a bloody nose and his face exceedingly foreshortened. Ten Boys from Dickens But the portraits themselves, though vigorously conceived and remarkable for bold foreshortening, are the least part of the whole design. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Statues are given absolutely well, except where there is much foreshortening to be done, as in this of the Torso, where you see the thigh is unnaturally lengthened. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Her face, foreshortened by her downward regard, seemed infantile. Love and Mr. Lewisham As a collection of athletic nudes in all conceivable postures of rest and action, of foreshortening, of suggested movement, the Last Judgment remains a stupendous miracle. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Well, as I was saying," continued Simon, foreshortening his imp the while, "my luck has been wonderful. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." Life-long study of perspective in its application to the drawing of the figure, made the difficulties of foreshortening and the delineation of brusque attitude mere child's play to this audacious genius. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Undine stretched her arms luxuriously above her head and gazed through lowered lids at the foreshortened reflection of her face. The Custom of the Country Still Diana bent over Endymion cruelly foreshortened in his sleep, beyond the possibility of a waking return to human proportions. Taquisara How much elbow-room they might have between their trenches and the water one could not tell, so completely foreshortened was the space between. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Then all shadows disappear, the foreshortening of perspective disappears, and all proofs become white— a disagreeable fact: for this strange region would have been marvelous if reproduced with photographic exactness. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon He saw little men on the deck of the Theodore Roosevelt below, men foreshortened in plan into mere heads and feet, running out preparing to shoot at the others. The War in the Air My spirits, d'ye see, were catched up in a high, solemn exaltation, and I saw all earth's vanities foreshortened and little, laid out below me like a town from a cathedral scaffolding. Rewards and Fairies I lost my head one day and began to argue the question of perspective with a couple of old codgers who were criticizing a bit of foreshortening that was my special pet. Miss Billy's Decision He was at that height of excitement from which everything is foreshortened, from which life seems short and simple, death very near, and the soul seems to soar like an eagle. O Pioneers! The whole of this prodigious city is a foreshortening of dead manners and living manners. Les Misérables He saw these ironclads, too, not in profile, as he was accustomed to see ironclads in pictures, but in plan and curiously foreshortened. The War in the Air Figures sometimes appeared as if sliding from the canvass—buildings had not the true point of view, and foreshortening was only rudely attempted. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Where had I seen that goddess in lilac and lemon draperies foreshortened over a big, green peacock? Hauntings The desert was white-hot, with a silver whiteness hotter than gold, and the foreshortened shadows were turquoise blue. It Happened in Egypt These bars, foreshortened from where I stood, looked like a row of gun-barrels in an armory rack. The Under Dog He saw all these foreshortened ships rolling considerably and fighting their guns over a sea of huge low waves and under the cold, explicit light of dawn. The War in the Air I thought how like that veil was to our little life here, overdomed by that boundless foreshortening of space. A Rough Shaking It discovered also one of the oil panels let into the moldings of the roof, a goddess in lemon and lilac draperies, foreshortened over a great green peacock. Hauntings No allowance has been made for effect of perspective, for the foreshortening to the eye at distances; there is no poetry in these three cathedrals. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc "The wedding," replied this amazing young person, looking up at me so that I had only a vision of earnest grey eyes, and a foreshortened snub nose and chin. The Mountebank He sacrificed the foreshortening, which has so great a charm for the spectator, to the sculptured full figure that always presents itself face to face with you, and in entire relief. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions But I perceive that the ceiling is arranged in caissons; and in a central caisson I discover a very curious painting-a foreshortened Tortoise, gazing down at me. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Her hands fell into her lap; her head drooped sadly forward; the light flung the shadow of her face grotesquely exaggerated and foreshortened upon the ceiling. A Foregone Conclusion Perhaps a very captious critic might object to the foreshortening of Moses's left leg; but where there is so much to praise justly, the Pall Nall Gazette does not care to condemn. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family From the mountain top, the eye travels over great stretches of country, but does not see the gorges, separating points which seem close together, foreshortened by distance. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII She even walks awkwardly; some feebleness in foreshortening the foot also embarrassing the sculptor. Mornings in Florence There is his favourite canopy supported by angels; in this case they are beautifully foreshortened. Fra Bartolommeo The retraction and uplifting of the foreshortened part is astonishingly rapid in view of the methodic movements of the animal as a whole. My Tropic Isle The protean shape, seen in profile and foreshortened from the north or south, appears a block bristling with "Pins" and points, horns and beaks. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 From the upturned points of her white shoes back to her white hair she was a study in foreshortening that would have interested a draftsman. We Can't Have Everything We forget the foreshortening necessary in so brief a sketch of so long a career, which brings distant points close together. Expositions of Holy Scripture A semicircle of saints group on each side of the Virgin, and two angels, with musical instruments, are at her feet; the upturned face of one is exquisitely foreshortened. Fra Bartolommeo There is a little dark fellow in the Brera at Milan whose zeal in displaying the merits of Mantegna's foreshortened Christ is as unforgettable as a striking piece of character-acting in a theatre. A Wanderer in Florence The foreshortened view, from the south as well as the north, shows a compact prism-formed mass which has been compared with an iceberg. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 As you lie off it, it does not look half, or even a quarter, of that length; and that, not merely because the distances north and south are foreshortened, or shut in by nearer headlands. At Last Its top was not foreshortened, nor its farther side and base invisible. Three More John Silence Stories The angel is lightly poised in air, the Virgin kneeling before a foreshortened building. Fra Bartolommeo He invented the art of foreshortening, or the various representations of the diminution of the length of figures as they appear when looked at obliquely; and hence was the first painter of perspective. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements He jerked her so that her face fell back from him, foreshortened. Gaslight Sonatas In this picture Masaccio made his first great triumph in the foreshortening of feet. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People This overwhelming scene would give him a fine chance to do two things: first, to represent a phosphorescent light from the body of the child; and second, to show off some foreshortened angels. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 It was possible to gain only a very foreshortened view of the actors. The Head of Kay's He invented the art of foreshortening, or the various positions of figures, as they appear when looking upward or downward and sideways, and hence is the first painter of perspective. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The most obvious defect is the foreshortening of the Inner Harbor, which requires much greater elongation. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 This work of Rubens was the first example of foreshortening done by a Flemish painter. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Here the simplicity of the drawing of the Virgin and Child is shown in contrast with the foreshortening of the group of angels—the strongest unity of effect with the most perfect system of intricacy. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 To every difference in the arrangement and foreshortening of objects, to every variation in their lights and shadows and aerial quality, the sensitive soul responds. The Principles of Aesthetics They live indeed on the third floor; but here they have suites of wonderful painted and gilded chambers, in which foreshortened frescoes also cover the vaulted ceilings and florid mouldings emboss the ample walls. Italian Hours He knew the creeper's goal: that black streak in the wall above, rendered thin by foreshortening. Quill's Window Critics spoke specially of the tiger's whiskers as "admirable in the rendering of foreshortened curves." Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People The figure that escaped through the window was dressed in man's clothes, to be sure, and as far as one could judge from the foreshortening and the peculiar stoop, had a man's form and stature. Recalled to Life See sketch from my pencil; it is in the main correct, though I think I have foreshortened one end of it a little too much, perhaps. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 It is still there before us, however, and the delightful little Palazzo Dario, intimately familiar to English and American travellers, picks itself out in the foreshortened brightness. Italian Hours Presently two dots were visible, looking little more than huge water- bugs in the perspective, the foreshortening changing the long sixty-foot shells into spidery creatures with spreading legs. Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home By looking at them thus from below he gained an idea of foreshortening. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People A carbine, strikingly foreshortened, lay across the pommel of the saddle, kept in place by the right hand grasping it at the "grip"; the left hand, holding the bridle rein, was invisible. A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky People go by, with grotesque shadows, now foreshortened and now lengthening away into the darkness and vanishing, while a new one springs up behind the walker, and seems to pass him on the sidewalk. Hyperion Mr. Ruskin has spoken with sufficient eloquence of the serious loveliness of the row of heads of the women on the right, who talk to each other as they sit at the foreshortened banquet. Italian Hours This is an extreme instance, as time foreshortening goes, because it is one where the audience might grasp the disparity, and is given for its side-light of warning as well as for its suggestive value. Writing for Vaudeville The lively pony is a light chestnut and the foreshortening of its body must be noticed. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People The lunatic asylum in its large rectangular grounds spread below them in a foreshortened and infantile plan, and looked for the first time the grotesque thing that it was. The Ball and the Cross Distances were all foreshortened in that atmosphere, and it was mid-afternoon before we came to a halt at last face to face with blank wall. The Eye of Zeitoon There is a vast dome, filled with a florid concave fresco of tumbling foreshortened angels, and all over the ceilings and cornices a wonderful outlay of dusky gildings and mouldings. Italian Hours Of course, there is the possibility of foreshortening time to meet the exigencies of vaudeville when the scene is not changed. Writing for Vaudeville The Ranger remembered afterward the odd foreshortening of the weapon and the crooked twist of the face behind it. Heart of the Sunset While the subject is of necessity foreshortened, he says some practical things about the use of the pedals in Chopin's music. Chopin : the Man and His Music He looked down upon the foreshortened figure of Barney Bill, his cloth cap, his shoulders, his bare brown arms, a patch of knee. The Fortunate Youth One censured vehemently the masonry of the city wall; another deplored pathetically the "defective foreshortening of a dog's shoulders"; the picture "lacked depth of tone"; the "coloring was too bizarre", the "tints too neutral". At the Mercy of Tiberius Be it granted that the drama, more than any other kind of literature, is liable to the encroachment and dominance of such artificiality on account of its foreshortening in perspective. Balzac He explained that the trees had deceived her as to the real height, by reason of her seeing the slope foreshortened when she looked up from the castle. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day I wish I could see myself as you see me—foreshortened into a backfisch. Howards End I wish I could see myself as you see me--foreshortened into a backfisch.� Howards End In the course of time the watching girl saw that the ship had passed her nearest point; the breadth of her sails diminished by foreshortening, till she assumed the form of an egg on end. The Trumpet-Major All his master ideas would have been found in it, foreshortened and concentrated. The Modern Regime, Volume 2 On all sides, in the memoirs, we obtain a foreshortened view of some one of these seignorial existences. The Ancient Regime He had previously noticed only the three foreshortened, crawling figures around the now stationary wagon bulk. Tales of Trail and Town Copper screamed again and her elongated figure suddenly foreshortened and collapsed into a small writhing ball from which two small pink hands emerged clutching at a gelid mass of air that flowed sluggishly around them. The Lani People The houses were dark in the August night and the perspective of Beacon Street, with its double chain of lamps, was a foreshortened desert. The Patagonia What I thus came face to face with was, on the instant, her whole unenlightened past and the full, if foreshortened, revelation of what among us all was now unfailingly in store for her. The Beldonald Holbein It was very quiet; the moon was high, the square was sleeping in a trance of checkered shadows, like a gigantic chessboard, with black foreshortened trees for pawns. A Ward of the Golden Gate You may have a tolerable look at the cathedral without leaving the railway-carriage; for it stands just above the tunnel, and is exposed, much foreshortened, to the spectator below. A Little Tour in France On the ground, between the legs of the towering beast, lay the foreshortened figure of a man, the head in the extreme foreground, the arms flung wide to right and left. Crome Yellow And so men fell into a sentimental regret for the past, and its beauties, all exaggerated by the foreshortening of time; while they wanted strength or faith to reproduce it. The Ancien Regime "What effect," I inquired with a gravity equal to his own, "does this extraordinary foreshortening have upon a quart of whiskey?" The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains He could see, foreshortened, the tear-stained, dolorous face of the woman stretched out, and with her head thrown over the back of the seat. Tales of Unrest Here, beneath the painted ceiling, with foreshortened Allegory staring down at his intrusion as if it meant to swoop upon him, and he cutting it dead, Mr. Tulkinghorn has at once his house and office. Bleak House And beneath lay the man, his foreshortened face at the focal point in the centre, his arms outstretched towards the sides of the picture. Crome Yellow Trompe-l'oeil—there was no other word to describe the delineation of that foreshortened figure under the trampling feet of the horse. Crome Yellow |
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