The Works of John Ruskin: The elements of drawing. The elements of perspective. Aratra penteliciJ. Wiley, 1889 |
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... confused quick touches , indicating the general shape of the cloud or mist of twigs roune the main branches ; but do not take much trouble about them . the main branches as far as you can see them 86 LET I THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING .
... confused quick touches , indicating the general shape of the cloud or mist of twigs roune the main branches ; but do not take much trouble about them . the main branches as far as you can see them 86 LET I THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING .
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... clouds are rounded , cheeks are rounded , and curls are rounded : there is no more flatness in the natural world than there is vacancy . The world itself is round , and so is all that is in it , more or less , except human work , which ...
... clouds are rounded , cheeks are rounded , and curls are rounded : there is no more flatness in the natural world than there is vacancy . The world itself is round , and so is all that is in it , more or less , except human work , which ...
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... clouds . The colour of their light sides depends much on that of the direct light , and that of the dark sides on the colours of the objects near them . It is therefore im- possible to say beforehand what colour an object will have at ...
... clouds . The colour of their light sides depends much on that of the direct light , and that of the dark sides on the colours of the objects near them . It is therefore im- possible to say beforehand what colour an object will have at ...
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... clouds of the sky , or the waves of the sea ; and the dead leaf - patterns on a damask drapery , well rendered , will enable you to disentagle masterfully the living leaf - patterns of a thorn thicket , or a violet bank . Observe ...
... clouds of the sky , or the waves of the sea ; and the dead leaf - patterns on a damask drapery , well rendered , will enable you to disentagle masterfully the living leaf - patterns of a thorn thicket , or a violet bank . Observe ...
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... clouds , or the sun itself flashing like a star . Thirdly , forms and shadows of other leaves , seen as darknesses through the translu cent parts of the leaf ; a most important element of foliage effect , but wholly neglected by ...
... clouds , or the sun itself flashing like a star . Thirdly , forms and shadows of other leaves , seen as darknesses through the translu cent parts of the leaf ; a most important element of foliage effect , but wholly neglected by ...
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Page 116 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
Page 153 - ... you will find in practice, that brilliancy of hue, and vigour of light, and even the aspect of transparency in shade, are essentially dependent on this character alone ; hardness, coldness, and opacity resulting far more from equality of colour than from nature of colour.
Page xi - I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learn to love Nature, than teach the looking at Nature that they may learn to draw.
Page 188 - Now in art every colour has an opponent colour, which, if brought near it, will relieve it more completely than any other ; so, also, every form and line may be made more striking to the eye by an opponent form or line near them ; a curved line is set off by a straight...
Page viii - God, by which the heavens were of old, and the earth, standing out of the water and in the water...
Page 178 - Rivers in this way are just like wise men, who keep one side of their life for play and another for work ; and can be brilliant, and chattering, and transparent when they are at ease, and yet take deep counsel on the other side when they set themselves to the main purpose.
Page 167 - Thus a musician composes an air, by putting notes together in certain relations ; a poet composes a poem, by putting thoughts and words in pleasant order ; and a painter a picture, by putting thoughts, forms, and colours in pleasant order. In all these cases, observe, an intended unity must be the result of composition. A paviour cannot be said to compose the heap of stones which he empties from his cart, nor the sower the handful of seed which he scatters from his hand. It is the essence of composition...