People have different ideas about the height at which pictures should be hung, but in general it can be seid that they are hung higher than is necessary. In the Royal Academy the "line" is regarded as the position in which a picture can be seen to the best advantage, and it will be found that the "line" is lower than the height at which pictures are hung in the average house. Moreover failing a place on the line, most artists would, I think, prefer to be hung below rather than above it Less effort is required to look down at a picture than to look up at it: it should be remembered, too, that in an ordinary living-room pictures re seen most of the time from a itting position Again, the room itself is given an effect of height and spaciousness if the pictures are hung slightly below the normal eye level.
A restful effect is produced by making the tops of all the frames conform to the same level, leaving a deep continuous frieze of wall space above them. Another method is to hang all the pictures so that an imadinary line passes through their centres, Again, the lower edges of the frames can be aligned; but whatever plan is adopted it should be carried round the walls consistently so that the pictures take their place in relation to the architecture of the room instead of being mere appendages.
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