Drawing & engraving : a brief exposition of technical principles & practice (1892)
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · London ; Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 137
, but theshading upon it hasa purpose, which is toprevent the upper partof the compositionfrom looking too empty, as well as to r J The Old Woman (from Holbein s Dance give relief to the rf Death). mountains, and the conventionalism of wood-en-graving was so accepted in those days that theartist… … HolbeinsDance ofDeath. 9° DRAWING AND ENGRAVING Ammanhandi-crafts. ISal.lun;.Griin. firm and matter-of-fact drawing is accompaniedby a sort of light-and-shade adopted simply forconvenience, with as little reference to natural truthas might be expected in a stained-glass window.There is a most…
Drawing · Engraving
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