line-form

Updated: May 5, 2025

The moment we touch upon line-form we are already, in strictness, beyond the elements. For with form enters the motor factor, which cannot be separated from the motor innervations of the whole body. It is possible, however, to abstract for the moment from the form as a unit, and to consider here only what may be called the quality of line.

Ethel Dench Puffer Howes - The Psychology of Beauty