THE DIFFICULT PART

Artist BRIAN KERSHISNIK (b.1962)

CountryUSA

MediumOil on acrylic gessoed rag paper

DimensionsOverall: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCourtesy of the Artist

Object numberMetspeak04

Descriptionbalance, n. 1 a condition in which two (or more) opposing forces balance each other

2 [Literature] "A strong moral character . . . keeps its balance, and is not carried away by the love of human praise. (James Bowling Mozley, Sermons before the University of Oxford, 1876)

3 [Literature] "In all perfectly beautiful objects, there is found the opposition of one part to another, and a reciprocal balance." (John Ruskin, Modern Painters, 1856)

balance, v. 1 to bring into proportion and harmony

2 to bring into equilibrium or equipoise

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