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 37
o, the statemarked 2, and necessarily refuses any reflections. If the banks, hills, or other objects forming oneside of the river, were to throw their shadows onits surface, half-reflections would be received up tothe limits of the line of shadow, and no further;and should any shadows extend… … Suppose 1, a piece of water under the last-de-scribed circumstances, suffused with light colour-ing matter up to the point of semi-opacity; and 2an object rising out of it, with the sun before youto the left. As far as the shadow of this objectextends on the water, it will be semi-transparent,and…
Drawing · Shades and shadows
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