Ariadne florentina. Six lectures on wood and metal engraving (1904)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Longmans · leaf 107
ignore light and shade ? I never said that mezzotint ignored light andshade, or ought to do so. Mezzotint is pro-perly to be considered as chiaroscuro drawingon metal. But I do mean to tell you that bothRembrandts etchings, and Le Keuxs finishedline-work, are misapplied labour, in so far asthey… … THE LAST FURROW.^FiJ. 2 ) Fac-aimile from Holbeins woodcut, t WOOD ENGRAVING. 83 Here are facsimiles, very marvellous ones,*of two of the best wood engravings ever pro-duced by art,—two subjects in Holbeins Danceof Death. You will probably like best that Ishould at once proceed to verify my last…
Engraving · Wood-engraving
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