 It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these...  The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects - Page 248by Allan Cunningham - 1833Full view - About this book
 | 1814 - 606 pages
...conduct of the great Venetian and Flemish masters, ' that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white; and that the blue, the grey, and the green colours, be almost kept entirely out of the masses ; and be... | |
 | Samuel Prout - 1820 - 96 pages
...with cold. " It ought to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow red, or a yellowish white; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason - 1852 - 518 pages
...ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 424 pages
...had maintained, in one of his Discourses, that " the masses of light in a picture should be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours, should be kept almost entirely out of these masses,... | |
 | Thomas Smith (of Marylebone.) - 1860 - 256 pages
...Discourses (Discourse viii. December 1788), " that the masses of light in a picture should be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white, and that the blue, the grey, or the green should be kept entirely out of these masses, and be used only... | |
 | Charles Robert Leslie, Tom Taylor - 1865 - 676 pages
...ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used... | |
 | 1868 - 284 pages
...content with insipid fair Roman painting (this between ourselves). Clouds, it is true, are all softnes^ ; but we have been too long accustomed to see them touched...Sir Joshua. " Agreeing with you in so many points, 1 still venture to differ from you jn your question with Sir Joshua. Infinitely various as nature is,... | |
 | John Burnet - 1880 - 116 pages
...ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm, mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white ; and that the blue, the gray, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 720 pages
...of Sir Joshua Reynolds', in his Eighth Discourse, " that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white ; and that the blue, grey, or green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 610 pages
...of Sir Joshua Reynolds', in his Eighth Discourse, " that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white ; and that the blue, grey, or green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only... | |
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