A treatise on the art of painting, in all its branches; accompanied by seventy engraved plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters .. (1817)
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Craig, W. M. (William Marshall), ca. 1765-ca. 1834 · London, E. Orme · leaf 190
nt.«p.d has no other colour than that of the air between. The ground shade of a refl,«reen, or blue stretched curtain is also of the same colour. Those of a house orother heavy piece of stone-work are grey and dark, &c. But to return to oursubject. It is plain, that what is demonstrated in… … Of Colouring. 155 able, that if one of the lights were taken away, the composition and agreeable har-mony would he spoiled at once; even so much, as not to he brought right again with-out a general alteration ; for instance, suppose the walking person were dark above,how could he be set off by the…
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