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 38
ich Vandyck, all things considered, so justly holds as the first of portrait painters. Inanother place he says, the likeness of a portrait consists more in the preserving the generaleffect of the countenance than in the most minute finishing of the features, or any of the particularparts.—Sixth and… … as it will lead to a style of drawing without feeling, character, or decision.One reason why the drawings of eminent artists are superior to all othersis the great intelligence every line indicates, the smallest touch being-expressive of the character; another advantage this previous contem-plation…
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