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 221
shortens more than its object, because it is so much lo^er under the horizon.When you place the model or layman as much above the horizon as it reflects underit, and draw it thus correctly, in order to paint after it, you hold the drawing upsidedown : here you will possibly say, that the reflection… … ■ j^.azrie/./t rs?f V 6tr7irrt/> Of Light* and Shades. 1? 1 Having proceeded thus far, and painted after your sketch, you may be assuredevery thing is right. But here let it be observed, thai the reflections musJ always be perpendicular withthe objects above than, to it growing out of each…
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