Modern french masters; a series of biographical and critical reviews by American artists (1896)
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 ed · New York, The Century co. · leaf 146
o from an exceptional capacity forthe fulfilment of one of the laws of composition. This is thelaw of filled and empty spaces. In every composition, whether it is of a figure picture, of alandscape, or the decoration of a room, this law must be ob-served if the spectator is to be impressed. Where… … JEAN-PAUL LAURENS 87 in order that there may he spaces which shall rest the eye.This law holds also in architecture; the walls, columns, piersin a building represent the filled spaces; the windows, open-ings between the piers, and the like, represent the open spaces.Where a proper relation is not…
Painters -- France · Painting, French · Painting -- Reproduction
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