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 32
uth is rendered agreeable7. When thisdistortion takes place in reality, we naturally change our position, untilthe eye is satisfied; but in painting, the whole being a flat surface, wechange our position in vain. We have also seen that all horizontal surfaces of objects diminish inbreadth as they… … Horizontal line. 7 Reynolds, in a note upon Fresnoys Art of Painting, says, the rules of perspective, as wellas all other rules, may be injudiciously applied, and it must be acknowledged that a misapplicationof them is but too frequently found even in the works of the most considerable artists. It…
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