The Works of John Ruskin: The elements of drawing. The elements of perspective. Aratra penteliciJ. Wiley, 1889 |
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... matters in this working world , that so great a gift should be attainable by those who will give no price for it . One task , however , of some difficulty , the student will find I have not imposed upon him : namely , learning the laws ...
... matters in this working world , that so great a gift should be attainable by those who will give no price for it . One task , however , of some difficulty , the student will find I have not imposed upon him : namely , learning the laws ...
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... matter of vanity , and that the smallest possible vanity . If any young person , after being taught what is , in polite circles , called " drawing , " will try to copy the commonest piece of real work - suppose a lithograph on the ...
... matter of vanity , and that the smallest possible vanity . If any young person , after being taught what is , in polite circles , called " drawing , " will try to copy the commonest piece of real work - suppose a lithograph on the ...
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... matter of experience . We see nothing but flat colours ; and it is only by a series of experiments that we find out that a stain of black or grey indicates the dark side of a solid substance , or that a faint hue indicates that the ...
... matter of experience . We see nothing but flat colours ; and it is only by a series of experiments that we find out that a stain of black or grey indicates the dark side of a solid substance , or that a faint hue indicates that the ...
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... matter whether it is quite square or not , the object being merely to get a space enclosed by straight lines . a Fig . 1 Now , try to fill in that square space with crossed lines , so completely and evenly that it shall look like a ...
... matter whether it is quite square or not , the object being merely to get a space enclosed by straight lines . a Fig . 1 Now , try to fill in that square space with crossed lines , so completely and evenly that it shall look like a ...
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John Ruskin. containing outline plates of leaves and flowers , it does not matter whether bad or good : " Baxter's British Flowering Plants " is quite good enough . Copy any of the simplest out- lines , first with a soft pencil ...
John Ruskin. containing outline plates of leaves and flowers , it does not matter whether bad or good : " Baxter's British Flowering Plants " is quite good enough . Copy any of the simplest out- lines , first with a soft pencil ...
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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...