John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition: containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools (1858)
Cassell, John, 1817-1865 · London, W. Kent and co. · leaf 453
ll colours are relative, and that an object apparently white on grass wouldassume a yellowish tint on snow. Our artists observations respecting objects conventionally called white are invaluable to the student.One of Oudrys pupils gives us the substance of his views on this head in the following… … But Oiidry, a true disciple of Largilliere, told his pupil to procure a nosegay of white flowers. Whenthis was done, he ordered, as his master had done on a similar occasion, a light background, and verysoon made it evident that these white flowers were decidedly brown on the shaded side, and…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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