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 302
ach the horizon; and above the horizon, the same, but iu areversed manner. Now let us consider the other example, in Plate LXXI. wherein the retiring pa-rajjets shew the diminution or faiutness of the strokes, not only in such, but In anyother oljjects, according to their distance in going off; the… … ff. t/e Xatre/yg in if Of En grating. 20.0 stroke from one end to the other. IVow, allhon^^li tin; ofl-strok.e« KCftn neater thanthe near, yet they are not so in fact: hut as the place diniinisln-s, so the Htrokehclose and thiu in such manner, that they become neither clobcr nor more scanty.The…
Art · Painting · Composition (Art)
Internet Archive · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
