Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... tion of pictures , which few readers would care to peruse , particularly as there is a separate chapter on the method of analysing and describing the productions of the pencil . In other respects , too , the very copious and minute ...
... tion of pictures , which few readers would care to peruse , particularly as there is a separate chapter on the method of analysing and describing the productions of the pencil . In other respects , too , the very copious and minute ...
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... tion and arrangement ; but he has , at the same time , been careful to retain throughout the tone and train of thought of the Author . The Translator was much interested by dis- covering that two of the pictures described by M. Burtin ...
... tion and arrangement ; but he has , at the same time , been careful to retain throughout the tone and train of thought of the Author . The Translator was much interested by dis- covering that two of the pictures described by M. Burtin ...
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... tion , aided by reflection , that I am desirous that beginners should share with me in the enjoyment of it ; although I cannot by my instructions alone carry them in an instant to that degree of know- ledge to which they may arrive , by ...
... tion , aided by reflection , that I am desirous that beginners should share with me in the enjoyment of it ; although I cannot by my instructions alone carry them in an instant to that degree of know- ledge to which they may arrive , by ...
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... tion more perfect . Starting from these premises , I shall be able to establish most of the qualities that are required in a good picture on the side of execution . But , besides that the whole qualities are not reduced to that one , I ...
... tion more perfect . Starting from these premises , I shall be able to establish most of the qualities that are required in a good picture on the side of execution . But , besides that the whole qualities are not reduced to that one , I ...
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... tion , of which I have just given an account , there is another in more common use , by which it is employed to designate both the invention of the subject , and the manner in which it is composed and distributed ; in short , the whole ...
... tion , of which I have just given an account , there is another in more common use , by which it is employed to designate both the invention of the subject , and the manner in which it is composed and distributed ; in short , the whole ...
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