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306 THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING. [letter hi.
of composition. But, as you study longer, you will
discover that these laws, and many more, are obeyed
by the powerful composers in every touch: that lite-
rally, there is never a dash of their pencil which is
not carrying out appointed purposes of this kind in
twenty various ways at once; and that there is
as much difference, in way of intention and autho-
rity, between one of the great composers ruling
his colours, and a common painter confused by
them, as there is between a general directing the
march of an army, and an old lady carried off her
feet by a mob.
7. THE LAW OF INTERCHANGE.
Closely connected with the law of contrast is a
law which enforces the unity of opposite things, by
giving to each a portion of the character of the
other. If, for instance, you divide a shield into two
masses of colour, all the way down-—suppose blue
and white, and put a bar, or figure of an animal,
partly on one division, partly on the other, you will
find it pleasant to the eye if you make the part of
of composition. But, as you study longer, you will
discover that these laws, and many more, are obeyed
by the powerful composers in every touch: that lite-
rally, there is never a dash of their pencil which is
not carrying out appointed purposes of this kind in
twenty various ways at once; and that there is
as much difference, in way of intention and autho-
rity, between one of the great composers ruling
his colours, and a common painter confused by
them, as there is between a general directing the
march of an army, and an old lady carried off her
feet by a mob.
7. THE LAW OF INTERCHANGE.
Closely connected with the law of contrast is a
law which enforces the unity of opposite things, by
giving to each a portion of the character of the
other. If, for instance, you divide a shield into two
masses of colour, all the way down-—suppose blue
and white, and put a bar, or figure of an animal,
partly on one division, partly on the other, you will
find it pleasant to the eye if you make the part of