A treatise on painting : In four parts ... The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools (1837)
Burnet, John, 1784-1868 · London : James Carpenter · leaf 132
ile the strongest part of his sky,being at the opposite angle, produces the greatest expanse, and mixes andharmonizes with the dark side of the picture. Thus the eye is carriedround the composition, until the two extremes are brought in contact, themost prominent with the most retiring. In… … -London, Fublishtd- by J? Carpenter, Bond Street, JuneJJlJ622. COMPOSITION IN PAINTING. 11 lines running to one point. Thus using the darks of the clouds, &c. toantagonize, as it is termed, may apparently produce a better equipoise, butsacrifices many advantages; for we observe in many of the…
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