American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 108
already been shown, an art in whichthe painters skill is as nearly as possible useless; in which nothing is to be gained with facilitybut brilliancy, and that is more likely to be attributed to the material than to the artist. It is impossible to overrate the difficulties involved. The distant… … AMERICAN ART 605 reducing it to a shadow. Trees and branches seen against a sunset are an example. If thelight is confined on all sides, this effect is much stronger. When a figure or other subject ofa window is not positively outlined, shaded vigorously, and exaggerated, rather than the reverse,as…
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