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 296
apter, andshall further enforce, in its place, in that treating of what is to be understood by apainted table, whether landscape, history, portraiture, &c. But, before I leave this subject, I must still start another difficulty. We knowthat a large painting is often copied in little, and the… … allthatisUgeinthe original be lessened in proportion in the eopy, how ean tney2£X»T i the design with the two doors is exhibited , in both wh.ch are large Of Lights and Shades. 21? clouds, and in the other small ones; and all that is in tho distance seems more dis-tant in the one than the other. If…
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