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Representative art
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fair degree of realism, but composed in ways that distort the natural
form and which are perspectively impossible (fig. 66). A still better
example is the drawing, fig. 67, an attempt of one of the best Haida
artists from Northern British Columbia to illustrate the story of an
eagle carrying away a woman. The face of the woman is evidently
intended as a three-quarter view. Facial
painting will be noticed on the left
cheek; the left ear only is shown as
seen in profile; the mouth with teeth
is placed under the nose in mixed full
profile and front view, and has been
Fig. 66.
Egyptian painting.
Fig. 67. Haida drawing representing eagle
carrying away a woman.
moved to the right side of the face. In the lower lip is a large
labret shown en face, for only in this view was the artist able to
show the labret with its characteristic oval surface. The nose seems
to be drawn in profile although the nostrils appear en face.
In a graphic representation of objects one of two points of view
may be taken: it may be considered as essential that all the charac-
teristic features be shown, or the object may be drawn as it appears
at any given moment. In the former case our attention is directed
primarily towards those permanent traits that are most striking and
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fair degree of realism, but composed in ways that distort the natural
form and which are perspectively impossible (fig. 66). A still better
example is the drawing, fig. 67, an attempt of one of the best Haida
artists from Northern British Columbia to illustrate the story of an
eagle carrying away a woman. The face of the woman is evidently
intended as a three-quarter view. Facial
painting will be noticed on the left
cheek; the left ear only is shown as
seen in profile; the mouth with teeth
is placed under the nose in mixed full
profile and front view, and has been
Fig. 66.
Egyptian painting.
Fig. 67. Haida drawing representing eagle
carrying away a woman.
moved to the right side of the face. In the lower lip is a large
labret shown en face, for only in this view was the artist able to
show the labret with its characteristic oval surface. The nose seems
to be drawn in profile although the nostrils appear en face.
In a graphic representation of objects one of two points of view
may be taken: it may be considered as essential that all the charac-
teristic features be shown, or the object may be drawn as it appears
at any given moment. In the former case our attention is directed
primarily towards those permanent traits that are most striking and