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Practical house decoration : a guide to the art of ornamental painting, the arrangement of colours in apartments and the principles of decorative design : with some remarks upon the nature and properties of pigments (1886)

Facey, James William · London : Crosby Lockwood · leaf 91

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of the subject, and that a similar arrangement of shadow obtains in the cameo centre. But the artist would not on all four sides of the apartment so place the shadows ; on the opposite wall flank the light would be from the left and the whole of the shadows upon the right, and he would thus secure… … Fig. 18.— Frieze Subject (Spring). balanced that they may not offend the eye by over harshness. If the colours are made to dry fast the process of blending will be rendered extremely difficult, hence it is particularly unsuited for working in flatting. Where it is desired that the decorations shall…

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