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 53
ught to be so,and no otherwise. We know, that the white is soft and tender, and lovely to the eye ; the black con-Irarily is melancholy and disagreeable. We place then the black among the red,and upon the red, white. These three coloured stones are capitals, and cannot beotherwise disposed as to… … ^. Jf, £aire/ye in if. f. Air-nn^^-am J.///^. Of Afchitecline. 37 ill the Done, f;reeii. Ill the Ionic, yellow. Ill the Roman, red. And, III the Coriutliiiin, white. If any ask wliy tlie red is not set before the yellow, since the red is in its naturedarker than (he yellow? I answer, That it is…
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