On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 227
lley of Lutchenen,near Interlaken, with two distinct and opposite effects.In the first case, the light was nearly uniform all over,and the sketch owed its interest to the form and cha-racter of broken fragments of rocks bordering a foamingtorrent. The mosses and herbs giowing upon them,every mark… … EFFECTS OF CONTRAST. 187 group of lofty firs; but a sunbeam, reaching the fore-ground, brilliantly illuminated a few sprigs and bushes.This bright light, being so near the eye, sufficed tothrow the space beyond into comparative darkness, andto render indistinct the objects there situated. Aslender…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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