The theory of effect : embracing the contrast of light and shade, of colour and harmony (1851)
Bengo, John, Hinckley, C. T · Philadelphia : J.W. Moore · leaf 22
THE NATURE OF THE CONTRAST OF LIGHT AND SHADE. Light is the contrast of shade, and shade is thecontrast of light. A dark shade is a contrast to a hghter shade;and vice versa. A bright hght is a contrast to any other lightwhich is not so bright. Small and agitated lights are best contrasted by-large… … A mass of buildings which are in shade may berelieved and contrasted by perforations which ad-mit of light, as in Fig. 12, w^here the dark side ofthe ruined abbey is reliev^ed, and rendered lessheavy by the windows through which is seen thelight of the evening sky. 2# 18 THE THEjRY of EFFECT,Fig.…
Drawing · Shades and shadows
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