Practical Hints On Light And Shade In Painting

Excerpt from Practical Hints on Light and Shade in Painting: Illustrated by Examples From the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools Having thus defined some Of the characteristic features of shadow, the effects Of light in a great measure explain themselves, being In most instances of an Opposite nature. Its cheerful influence Operates on the mind of the spectator, either when viewing the festivities of a village holiday or when he beholds it diffused over the general face Of nature: it may be termed the Allegro in Painting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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