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 88
and other objects, we can assist the perspective,by their assuming- forms more or less under its influence, according totheir situation. We know that quietness and regularity give dignity to part of acomposition while their lines contrast with others expressive of bustle, orpicturesque assemblage… … studied regularity, giving calmness by the arrangement, and firmness bythe perspective appearance of a column upon whose base he is elevated23. 33 Lanzi, speaking of this work, says, in the course of this year, 1512, Raffaelle wasemployed in the second chamber on the subject of Heliodorus driven…
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