Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... which have come from the hand of man . " In writing thus , the Abbé certainly did not consider that in our time very many people have found the secret of becoming connois- seurs in a day , and have set themselves up 4 INTRODUCTION .
... which have come from the hand of man . " In writing thus , the Abbé certainly did not consider that in our time very many people have found the secret of becoming connois- seurs in a day , and have set themselves up 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... , correctness , and historical propriety . On the other hand , every amateur whose reading puts him in a situation to judge of historical compo- sitions , has a right to hold all obscurity as c 3 TO MAKE A GOOD PICTURE . 21.
... , correctness , and historical propriety . On the other hand , every amateur whose reading puts him in a situation to judge of historical compo- sitions , has a right to hold all obscurity as c 3 TO MAKE A GOOD PICTURE . 21.
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... requisites . In a word , disposition is in the hands of the painter , what words , ideas , and phrases are in the mouth of the orator , or under the pen of a writer 22 OF THE QUALITIES WHICH ARE REQUIRED 99 Of the Disposition of the ...
... requisites . In a word , disposition is in the hands of the painter , what words , ideas , and phrases are in the mouth of the orator , or under the pen of a writer 22 OF THE QUALITIES WHICH ARE REQUIRED 99 Of the Disposition of the ...
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... hand of the painter with a certainty absolutely mathematical . He will be inexcusable then , if from indolence he neglect the aid of this perspective to the " good representation " of his picture , seeing it requires from him only the ...
... hand of the painter with a certainty absolutely mathematical . He will be inexcusable then , if from indolence he neglect the aid of this perspective to the " good representation " of his picture , seeing it requires from him only the ...
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... hand , like them , models of every kind which he may servilely imitate . He cannot , like them , in- voke the aid of the rule and the compass . Every stroke of his pencil must come from his head . All with him becomes creation in the ...
... hand , like them , models of every kind which he may servilely imitate . He cannot , like them , in- voke the aid of the rule and the compass . Every stroke of his pencil must come from his head . All with him becomes creation in the ...
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2d Edition admirable aërial agreeable Albert Durer amateur amongst ancient Andrea del Sarto artists Author beautiful become Berchem Caracci catalogues cause chapter clear-obscure cloth composition copy Corregio degree distinguished Domenichino Dyck effect empasto employed Engravings especially eyes figures France Gagny Gallery Gerard Gerard Dou Giorgione give Guido hand harmony History HOWITT Illustrations imitation Italian Italy John judge knowledge Leonardo da Vinci less letters light magical manner master means merit nature object observed opinion original painted painters Paul Veronese pencil perfect picture Plates Portrait possesses post 8vo practice present produce proper colours pupils Raphael remarkable Rembrandt render repaint Roman Rubens SECT spirit of wine sufficient taste Teniers thing tint tion Titian tone touch Trans transparent TREATISE true connoisseur truth tures Van Dyck varnish Venetian school Vignette Titles vols whole Woodcuts
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