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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 249

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t, and heighten the force of the other; not by making the shades darker,but by a more warm and bright light, with long and distinct ground-shades, notonly broad, but sharp. I understand here, that the common-light-picture ought notto be inferior in its kind ; but not iroad-lighted or shaded, unless… … $■ cte £<ztr*e/~/e :n za J. farntirAs>» Of Lights and Shades. 189 they do not think the one ought to be lighter than the other. And if they are doneby two different hands, eacli master endeavours to make the colours answer his owninclination. Thus it happens, that the sun-shine-painters are…

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