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 45
this power one is made to approach and the other to recede, so that oneis diminished to the size of a tent, the other increased to a pyramid. Fig. 23. … In Plate I. Fig. 1, the Canal of Dort, by Cuyp, in the Bridgewatercollection, we not only find an excellent example of aerial perspective,but also of that assemblage of lines produced by the repetition of forms,which assists the receding of objects from their diminution, the doublingof the lines in…
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