 | 1785 - 680 lehte
...diftinguilh whether it is a Hiltory, a Portrait, a Landfcape, dead Game, or any thing elfc ; for the fame principles extend to every branch of the art. Whether I have given an exact account, or made a juft decilion of the quantity of light admitted into the works of thofe painters, is of no very great... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1798 - 394 lehte
...disposition of light and shadow, though he does not distinguish whether it is ahistory, a portrait,^ landscape, dead game,, or any thing else; for the...himself: it will be sufficient if I have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles on which they wrought.... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 lehte
...likewise remark 6 the various forms and shapes of those lights, as well as the objects on which they are flung ; whether a figure, or the sky, a white napkin,...examine and judge for himself: it will be sufficient if 1 have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 388 lehte
...a landscape, dead game, or any thing else ; for the same principles extend to every branch of«the art. Whether I have given an exact account, or made...consequence: let every person examine and judge for himself: ft will be sufficient if .1 have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 438 lehte
...tiie Artist. the various forms and shapes of those lights, as well as the objects on which they are flung ; whether a figure, or the sky, a white napkin,...himself: it will be sufficient if I have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles on which they wrought.... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 368 lehte
...the Artist. the various forms and shapes of those lights, as well as the objects on which they are flung; whether a figure, or the sky, a white napkin,...himself: it will be sufficient if I have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles on which they wrought.... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 436 lehte
...likewise remark the various forms and shapes of those lights, as well as the objects on which they are flung ; whether a figure, or the sky, a white napkin,...: it will be sufficient if I have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles on which they wrought.... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 432 lehte
...likewise remark the various forms and shapes of those lights, as well as the objects on which they are flung ; whether a figure, or the sky, a white napkin,...himself: it will be sufficient if I have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles on which they wrought.... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 430 lehte
...strike the spectator as something excellent for the disposition of light and shadow, though he doea not distinguish whether it is a history, a portrait,...himself: it will be sufficient if I have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles on which they wrought.... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 438 lehte
...light and shadow, though he does not distinguish whether it is a history, a portrait, a land" , scape, dead game, or any thing else ; for the same principles...: it will be sufficient if I have suggested a mode of examining pictures this way, and one means at least of acquiring the principles on which they wrought.... | |
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... on every side, it will appear as if inlaid on its ground. Such a blotted paper, held at a distance from the eye, will strike the spectator as something excellent for the disposition of light and shadow, though he does not distinguish whether it is... 
