The art of painting in the nineteenth century (1908)
Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston, London, Ginn and Co. · leaf 110
show-ing that blue could be made the leading color ofa composition. In the execution of this picture,however, blue is in reality a very subordinatecolor, since the texture of the cloth, which thespectator understands to be blue, shimmers in avariety of hues under the peculiar light which isshed… … Thomas GAINSBOROUGH The Blue Boy BRITISH PAINTING 67 compositions both distinction and suggestiveness.It also disguises a somewhat uncertain touch ofdrawing, — uncertain, however, only in the sensein which the outlines of a cloud are uncertain,because human eyes are rarely quick enough tocatch them…
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