The art of painting, in all its branches : methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters, and their perfections and oversights laid open (1738)
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Fritsch, John Frederick · London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Brotherton ... [and 17 others] · leaf 281
actife the Art an hun-dred Years, and the Ordonnances to confift of but two or three Fi-gures \ I will not fay, of ten or more: Tis no Wonder, that we fbearly caufe young Artifts to learn PerfpeBive, before they take to Com-pofition; tis even commendable if they underftand it but indifferently,and… … Chap. 4, Of Lights and Shades. • We find a great Advantage ifl ufing a Side-light in our Ordonnances*with refpecf to the Ground-Jhades; becaufe thole Shades, whether for*wards or diftant, always run parallel with the Horizon, without anyForeshortening; which we may eafily find without Perfpecf ive…
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