Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... employed upon Pictures - 289 Section 1. Of bad Varnishes - 289 2. Of good Varnish - - 296 CHAPTER XVII . Of Public Galleries , with Remarks on those of Paris , Vienna , Dresden , Dusseldorf , and Munich CHAPTER XVIII . Of the Utility of ...
... employed upon Pictures - 289 Section 1. Of bad Varnishes - 289 2. Of good Varnish - - 296 CHAPTER XVII . Of Public Galleries , with Remarks on those of Paris , Vienna , Dresden , Dusseldorf , and Munich CHAPTER XVIII . Of the Utility of ...
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... employed ; in a word , I love every production of the pencil , in pro- portion as its real and intrinsic merit ought to make it commendable . But as an impartial friend of all that is beautiful in art , I will say , and repeat without ...
... employed ; in a word , I love every production of the pencil , in pro- portion as its real and intrinsic merit ought to make it commendable . But as an impartial friend of all that is beautiful in art , I will say , and repeat without ...
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... employed in painting , and so often ill understood . With regard to the first , to wit , invention , I have already stated in what it consists . I add here , that in subjects of which the artist finds the model in nature , or in history ...
... employed in painting , and so often ill understood . With regard to the first , to wit , invention , I have already stated in what it consists . I add here , that in subjects of which the artist finds the model in nature , or in history ...
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... employed to designate both the invention of the subject , and the manner in which it is composed and distributed ; in short , the whole parts of in- vention . Very many painters , and very many writers also , confound these two ...
... employed to designate both the invention of the subject , and the manner in which it is composed and distributed ; in short , the whole parts of in- vention . Very many painters , and very many writers also , confound these two ...
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... employ others than those in his work . The light of a taper , which often changes blue into green , proves that a very little thing is necessary to cause a proper colour to become a local one . It is not then strictly true to say , as ...
... employ others than those in his work . The light of a taper , which often changes blue into green , proves that a very little thing is necessary to cause a proper colour to become a local one . It is not then strictly true to say , as ...
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