The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to the Arts: Including Painting, Interior Decoration, Tapestries, Carpets, Mosaics, Coloured Glazing, Paper-staining, Calico-printing, Letterpress Printing, Map-colouring, Dress, Landscape and Flower Gardening, EtcHenry G. Bohn, 1860 - 465 pages |
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... painted wood , stone , or stucco Article 1. - Panelled interiors Article 2. - Interiors covered with marble · ib . 246 253 ib . 256 • 257 . 258 ib . 259 . 260 ib . . 261 262 ib . Article 3. - Interiors covered with stucco Article 4 ...
... painted wood , stone , or stucco Article 1. - Panelled interiors Article 2. - Interiors covered with marble · ib . 246 253 ib . 256 • 257 . 258 ib . 259 . 260 ib . . 261 262 ib . Article 3. - Interiors covered with stucco Article 4 ...
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... - dows , corresponding to paintings in chiar'oscuro 387 Article 2. - Tapestries , carpets , mosaics , and coloured glass win- dows , corresponding to painting in flat tints 392 SECTION III . PAGE • 394 . 395 . 399 xxii CONTENTS .
... - dows , corresponding to paintings in chiar'oscuro 387 Article 2. - Tapestries , carpets , mosaics , and coloured glass win- dows , corresponding to painting in flat tints 392 SECTION III . PAGE • 394 . 395 . 399 xxii CONTENTS .
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... paintings , ornaments , & c . , where they have employed them most judiciously . I recommend artists , to whom this paragraph is parti- cularly directed , to give some attention to the following ob- servations , not doubting that many ...
... paintings , ornaments , & c . , where they have employed them most judiciously . I recommend artists , to whom this paragraph is parti- cularly directed , to give some attention to the following ob- servations , not doubting that many ...
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... painted imita- tion , light and shade , as the eye of the painter perceives them in objects placed in different planes , and in each par- ticular object which he wishes to imitate upon a surface . It is evident that aerial perspective ...
... painted imita- tion , light and shade , as the eye of the painter perceives them in objects placed in different planes , and in each par- ticular object which he wishes to imitate upon a surface . It is evident that aerial perspective ...
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... painted the coat from the point of view where the spectator was at first , he would have coloured the part a of a bright blue , and the part 6 probably of an orange- grey . If , now , the spectator regards the imitation of the coat from ...
... painted the coat from the point of view where the spectator was at first , he would have coloured the part a of a bright blue , and the part 6 probably of an orange- grey . If , now , the spectator regards the imitation of the coat from ...
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aerial perspective agreeable artist association assortment White band BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY binary assortments Black Blue and Violet border brilliant CHAPTER chiar'oscuro coloured light coloured materials coloured objects coloured rays complementary colour complexion contrast of colours contrast of tone different colours drapery employed example favourable flat tints flowers furniture glass GOBELINS TAPESTRY Green Green threads Greenish-Yellow hangings harmony of analogy harmony of contrast height of tone hues imitation incline Indigo inferior intensity Jasminum fruticans Laburnum latter law of contrast LAW OF SIMULTANEOUS less less Brown light tones Lilac luminous colours manner mixture neutralise normal tone observations Orange Orange colour Orange-Yellow painter painting paper patterns perceive picture Pink placed plants portion preceding present principle Prunus mahaleb pure colour rays falling reflected remark render represent result retina rose SAVONNERIE CARPETS scale simple colours simultaneous contrast sombre colours spectator stripes stuff surface tion trast Violet wainscoting White ground white light