Lectures on the History and Principles of PaintingLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833 - 477 pages |
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... arrangement and management of its parts , producing the effect it is said to convey . Of the only sources from whence real and full information could have been derived , con- cerning the system of painting employed by the Greeks , time ...
... arrangement and management of its parts , producing the effect it is said to convey . Of the only sources from whence real and full information could have been derived , con- cerning the system of painting employed by the Greeks , time ...
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... arrangements of background , or extraordinary contrasts of light and shade , relied upon for effect ; or even of any systematic arrangement or management of colour , if 22 LECTURE I.
... arrangements of background , or extraordinary contrasts of light and shade , relied upon for effect ; or even of any systematic arrangement or management of colour , if 22 LECTURE I.
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... arrangement , deli- cate in colour , and free , though not correct , in design ; but the whole is deficient in perspective , and exhibits no intimation of the knowledge of ornamental chiaro - oscuro . It may not , therefore , be ...
... arrangement , deli- cate in colour , and free , though not correct , in design ; but the whole is deficient in perspective , and exhibits no intimation of the knowledge of ornamental chiaro - oscuro . It may not , therefore , be ...
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... arranged most efficiently , and frequently with beautiful effect , in lines and in contrasts ; the heads sometimes appear to be portraits , but most commonly are ideal , and have just and powerful expressions . The painting is very ...
... arranged most efficiently , and frequently with beautiful effect , in lines and in contrasts ; the heads sometimes appear to be portraits , but most commonly are ideal , and have just and powerful expressions . The painting is very ...
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... arrangements of the masses are large in their style , and of a class which Raffaelle appears to have imitated , and not often surpassed . With this representation of a great work , which was unequalled in its day , and remained so for a ...
... arrangements of the masses are large in their style , and of a class which Raffaelle appears to have imitated , and not often surpassed . With this representation of a great work , which was unequalled in its day , and remained so for a ...
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