Art culture : a hand-book of art technicalities and criticisms (1873)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · John Wiley and Son · leaf 122
uisitely wrought colour, then passes away into slight, andpale, and simple colour; he paints for a minute or twowith intense decision, then suddenly becomes, as the spec-tator thinks, slovenly; but he is not slovenly : you couldnot have taken any more decision from him just then;you have had as… … blackthorn. Perhaps the most exquisite piece of subtlecontrast in the world of painting is the arrow point, laidsharp against the white side and among the flowing hairof Correggios Antiope. It is quite singular how verylittle contrast will sometimes serve to make an entiregroup of forms interesting…
Art · Aesthetics
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