The theory of color in its relation to art and art-industry (1876)
Bezold, Wilhelm von, 1837-1907, Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 · Boston : L. Prang and Co. · leaf 111
ight from the window falls uponthe glass in an angle of thirty-five degrees with its surface.If we now hold a black glass (Claude glass) in our hand in aposition which will allow us to see in it the reflected image 70 THE THEORY OF COLOR. of the piece of glass, and consequently the second… … the window will disappear almost completely, and we shallsee the top of the table, or, still better, a figured table-cover,through the plate of glass without obstruction, while the eye,if placed in the position of the black glass, will perhaps bealmost unable to discern the table top or the cover,…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting
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