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 262
; if it be placed on the half dark, a breadth of shadowand softness will be the result. Harshness of effect in treating picturesupon a dark scale arises, most commonly, from the want of sufficientquantities of middle tint and half light, thereby causing the principal lightto be too much defined ;… … Fui? Ju2y JS26,ty f&j>m£er&San.Old .Bond Street. LIGHT AND SHADE IN PAINTING. 39 in nature we perceive the lowest tones of middle tint are removed fromblackness, either by their warmth, or the introduction of some positiveblack or blue, to produce an appearance of air floating within…
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