The Works of John Ruskin: The elements of drawing. The elements of perspective. Aratra penteliciJ. Wiley, 1889 |
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... cutting afterwards ; and both were done by people whom nobody thinks of as artists , or praises for their power ; both were done for daily bread , with no more artist's pride than any simple handicraftsmen feel in the work the7 live by ...
... cutting afterwards ; and both were done by people whom nobody thinks of as artists , or praises for their power ; both were done for daily bread , with no more artist's pride than any simple handicraftsmen feel in the work the7 live by ...
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... cuts finer lines on the stee . than you can draw on paper with your pen ; but you must be able to get tones as even , and touches as firm . and character rather than chiaroscuro , will be the most 78 [ LET . I THE ELEMENTS CF DRAWING.
... cuts finer lines on the stee . than you can draw on paper with your pen ; but you must be able to get tones as even , and touches as firm . and character rather than chiaroscuro , will be the most 78 [ LET . I THE ELEMENTS CF DRAWING.
Page 98
... cuts it into hollows ; and , generally , in any bank , or height worth drawing , a trace of bedded or other internal structure besides . The figure 20 . will give you some idea of the way in which such facts may be expressed by a few ...
... cuts it into hollows ; and , generally , in any bank , or height worth drawing , a trace of bedded or other internal structure besides . The figure 20 . will give you some idea of the way in which such facts may be expressed by a few ...
Page 134
... cutting them into shape by absorbing the visible vapour beyond certain limits ; hence their angular and fantastic outlines , as different from a swollen , spherical , or globular formation , on the one hand , as from that of flat films ...
... cutting them into shape by absorbing the visible vapour beyond certain limits ; hence their angular and fantastic outlines , as different from a swollen , spherical , or globular formation , on the one hand , as from that of flat films ...
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... cutting round , with a sweep into the steep bank ; or , if there is no steep bank , still assuredly cutting into the shore at the steep end of the bridge . Now this kind of bridge , sympathising , as it does , with the spirit of the ...
... cutting round , with a sweep into the steep bank ; or , if there is no steep bank , still assuredly cutting into the shore at the steep end of the bridge . Now this kind of bridge , sympathising , as it does , with the spirit of the ...
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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...
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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...