The art of drawing in its various branches : exemplified in a course of twenty-eight progressive lessons, calculated to afford those who are unacquainted with the art, the means of acquiring a competent knowledge without the aid of a master : being the only work of the kind in which the principles of effect are explained in a clear, methodical, and at the same time familiar style (1827)
Smith, Thomas, watercolorist, Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, publisher, Clowes, William, 1779-1847, printer · London : Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-Row · leaf 162
Long objects may be contrasted by short ones, asin fig. 5, the long line of buildings is opposed by theclump of trees which come against it, whilst the straightline of the top is contrasted in all its length by the irre-gular Hue of the mountain behind. A very low horizontal line increases the… … f 106 LIGHT AND SHADE. I On the Contrast of Light and Shade. We may divide light and shade, or chiaroscuro, intolight, which springs immediately from the object whichgives the light, as the sun, moon, candle, 8,-c; reflectedlight, which is first received on one object, and thenthrown back on to…
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-73-63.webp)
