Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... Schools from each other CHAPTER IX . Of the Classification of Pictures according to their Subject , with Remarks on the Natural and Ideal Classes 142 - 151 CHAPTER X. On the Causes of the Superiority of the viii CONTENTS .
... Schools from each other CHAPTER IX . Of the Classification of Pictures according to their Subject , with Remarks on the Natural and Ideal Classes 142 - 151 CHAPTER X. On the Causes of the Superiority of the viii CONTENTS .
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... according to my idea , nothing else than the art of applying colours , without relief , upon a plain surface , so as to imitate any object , in the manner in which it is seen , or may be conceived visible in nature . From this ...
... according to my idea , nothing else than the art of applying colours , without relief , upon a plain surface , so as to imitate any object , in the manner in which it is seen , or may be conceived visible in nature . From this ...
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... according to the definition of painting , which requires that every object be represented such as it is seen in nature . The artist therefore , by offending against this rule when he substitutes the bad ground of his invention for the ...
... according to the definition of painting , which requires that every object be represented such as it is seen in nature . The artist therefore , by offending against this rule when he substitutes the bad ground of his invention for the ...
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... according to cir- cumstances ; such as the tone which the light , or its deprivation , gives to it ; the effect of the air in- terposed between it and the eye ; or , finally , the colours which neighbouring bodies reflect upon it , and ...
... according to cir- cumstances ; such as the tone which the light , or its deprivation , gives to it ; the effect of the air in- terposed between it and the eye ; or , finally , the colours which neighbouring bodies reflect upon it , and ...
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... according to the actual state of the atmosphere and the time of the day , as well as the season of the year . This is the most extensive field which painting offers to its followers , and complete success in it captivates the mind . In ...
... according to the actual state of the atmosphere and the time of the day , as well as the season of the year . This is the most extensive field which painting offers to its followers , and complete success in it captivates the mind . In ...
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