A Classified Synopsis of the Principal Painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, Their Scholars, Imitators, and Analogists: Including an Account of Some of the Early German Masters, Connected with Those of Flanders and HollandH.G. Bohn, 1855 - 416 pages |
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Page xix
... effect of the picture depends on it . " It is of the greatest consequence that the back - ground should be in unison with the figures in tone , and that the objects introduced should be perfectly conformable to the history , and ...
... effect of the picture depends on it . " It is of the greatest consequence that the back - ground should be in unison with the figures in tone , and that the objects introduced should be perfectly conformable to the history , and ...
Page xx
... effect ; whereas , if they were scattered and broken , the effect would be spotty and discordant . CARNATION . This word is used to signify flesh tints . CARTOONS . The designs prepared by painters , intended to be executed in fresco ...
... effect ; whereas , if they were scattered and broken , the effect would be spotty and discordant . CARNATION . This word is used to signify flesh tints . CARTOONS . The designs prepared by painters , intended to be executed in fresco ...
Page xxi
... effect of the chiaroscuro more intelligible , it may be well to consider it as acting on an individual ob- ject . When the light , issuing from a given point , expands itself over a particular body , an infinite number of rays ...
... effect of the chiaroscuro more intelligible , it may be well to consider it as acting on an individual ob- ject . When the light , issuing from a given point , expands itself over a particular body , an infinite number of rays ...
Page xxii
... effect of both . A composition is said to be confused when it is loaded with objects which interfere with each other by their dis- position or multiplicity . A composition is conceived to be great , not from the number of the figures ...
... effect of both . A composition is said to be confused when it is loaded with objects which interfere with each other by their dis- position or multiplicity . A composition is conceived to be great , not from the number of the figures ...
Page xxvi
... effect that is produced by a figure viewed longitudinally , when it assumes an appearance shorter than it would be when placed perpendicularly . This mode of designing the figure is chiefly used by artists in painting domes and ceilings ...
... effect that is produced by a figure viewed longitudinally , when it assumes an appearance shorter than it would be when placed perpendicularly . This mode of designing the figure is chiefly used by artists in painting domes and ceilings ...
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