The W. Martin Johnson school of art. Elementary instruction in color, perspective, lights and shadows, pen drawing and composition (1909)
Johnson, William Martin, 1862- [from old catalog] · New York city · leaf 19
ot encouragedbecause it might have dissipated the mysticism withwhich the priests held control over the masses. How-ever, some things were studied carefully. The lotus isalways beautifully expressed, because the flower had a 13 peculiar significance, not only by reason of its colorand form, but it… … From a Mural Painting in Thebes in action, and Giotto, his pupil, to give them light andshade. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) ventured towork entirely from nature, and his notes and sketchesfill thirteen massive volumes. But until the genius ofMichelangelo blazed forth art had remained in swad-dling…
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