Lectures on the History and Principles of PaintingLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833 - 477 pages |
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... grace , in taste , in cha- racter , and design , they rivalled the sculptors of the best period . Neither can we doubt , that they carried colouring of individual objects , and the management of light and shade , to a great 20 LECTURE I.
... grace , in taste , in cha- racter , and design , they rivalled the sculptors of the best period . Neither can we doubt , that they carried colouring of individual objects , and the management of light and shade , to a great 20 LECTURE I.
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Thomas Phillips. the management of light and shade , to a great degree of perfection . But , whether they ever understood and em- ployed composition , as now extensively prac- tised , in what relates to the union and separation of groups ...
Thomas Phillips. the management of light and shade , to a great degree of perfection . But , whether they ever understood and em- ployed composition , as now extensively prac- tised , in what relates to the union and separation of groups ...
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... light and shade , relied upon for effect ; or even of any systematic arrangement or management of colour , if 22 LECTURE I.
... 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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... light and shade is the product of common daylight , without any attempt at the artificial effect of chiaro - oscuro . Of draperies he was a perfect master ; and it is an extremely curious thing to observe , that the intricacies of ...
... light and shade is the product of common daylight , without any attempt at the artificial effect of chiaro - oscuro . Of draperies he was a perfect master ; and it is an extremely curious thing to observe , that the intricacies of ...
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... light and shade ; which , having been used by the old Greek painters , were con- tinued by the modern Italians . Gilding was afterwards employed by Giotto , only in glories round the heads of holy characters , or , on the borders of ...
... light and shade ; which , having been used by the old Greek painters , were con- tinued by the modern Italians . Gilding was afterwards employed by Giotto , only in glories round the heads of holy characters , or , on the borders of ...
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