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 194
nce variety tires no one, but is always pleas-ing ; as here a visto, there a grove, houses, 6fc. here a winding road; there again ahiding part of the distance; here a level ground ; there a river beset with trees,partly running towards the point of sight, and then bending either to the right or… … o i& J(?/*< in*/. J~. 6z*-nrtfAas>i Ji///k>. Of Colouring. 157 CHAP. VII. OF AGREEABLENRSS IN IRREGULAR AND CONTRASTING OBJECTS. If we have not knowledge in composition, all that we endeavour at is extravagancy ;even should we bring out a good disposition, it would be owing to good…
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