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 vii
... Figures 140 Small Landscapes , including Views on the Rhine and in Italy , with ancient ruins and figures 157 Moonlight Scenes and Conflagrations 170 Winter Scenes . 174 Battles and Skirmishes , including Encampments , Sutlers ' Booths ...
... Figures 140 Small Landscapes , including Views on the Rhine and in Italy , with ancient ruins and figures 157 Moonlight Scenes and Conflagrations 170 Winter Scenes . 174 Battles and Skirmishes , including Encampments , Sutlers ' Booths ...
Page ix
... figures in a landscape , devoid of the ornaments of nature which these great masters have embodied , would lose a great portion of the interest they excite , and pall upon the general eye . On the other hand , what liveliness is ...
... figures in a landscape , devoid of the ornaments of nature which these great masters have embodied , would lose a great portion of the interest they excite , and pall upon the general eye . On the other hand , what liveliness is ...
Page xix
... figure . BACK - GROUND . This term is applied to the field or space of the picture which surrounds the figures in historical subjects or portraits ; and to the different plans in the dis- tances in landscape painting . The importance of ...
... figure . BACK - GROUND . This term is applied to the field or space of the picture which surrounds the figures in historical subjects or portraits ; and to the different plans in the dis- tances in landscape painting . The importance of ...
Page xxiii
... figures , and even in the different parts of the same figure ; another in the age , sex , or passions of the different personages . Thus each figure is frequently in contrast with the others in the same group , and the several groups ...
... figures , and even in the different parts of the same figure ; another in the age , sex , or passions of the different personages . Thus each figure is frequently in contrast with the others in the same group , and the several groups ...
Page xxv
... figure . Draperies ought to be suited to the age , character , and rank of the figures they clothe . Stuffs of a gay colour and of a light texture may be proper for youth ; those of a soberer hue and a heavier substance , for persons ...
... figure . Draperies ought to be suited to the age , character , and rank of the figures they clothe . Stuffs of a gay colour and of a light texture may be proper for youth ; those of a soberer hue and a heavier substance , for persons ...
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