On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 256
rying intensities, as marked inthe diagram. A similar distribution of external objects,horizontally, will produce corresponding results in theroom, in that direction. It sometimes occurs, that thesun falls upon one half of a curtain, or that which hangson one side of the window,—we will suppose it… … 212 PROPERTIES OF LIGHT. hangs tlie curtain lighted by the suns direct rays, itsbright azure light will prevail, in that part of the room,over the yellow, or otherwise warm, light of the curtain ;whereas, at the opposite end of the room, the blue lightof the sky being intercepted by the left-hand…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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