Urbino, L. B. (Levina Buoncuore), -1888, Day, Henry, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Americana · Boston : J.E. Tilton · leaf 56
DRAWING. 49 and cause the same tree to be in the extreme distance, theatmospheric perspective softens the general tone, andmakes it uniform. Linear perspective gives us the causeof the diminution of size, but in addition to that we have … diminution of tone, a fading out as it were, owing in partto the intervention of the atmosphere. In representingthis with the lead pencil, the form should be strictly ob-served, and an even, pale, misty tone obtained. But in5 50 DRAWING. the foreground, the high lights must be strictly kept, andthe…
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