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Title: A treatise on painting : In four parts ... The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Burnet, John, 1784-1868
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: London : James Carpenter
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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andflocks, which are represented flying in all directions. These two examplesout of many, which the Student will discover by his own examination,will suffice to show that light and shade may be made to contribute to thecharacter and fitness of the subject; and that of this adaptation of it,Rembrandt holds unrivalled possession. Plate VII. When a picture is chiefly composed of light and half tint, the darks ofthe figures must necessarily tell with great force, from there being so littleof half shade to rob them of their value ; the midday sun, filling withintense light every particle of the atmosphere, gives that luminousappearance, which is so strongly characteristic of an out of door effect,the dark local colours of the figures, from the absorption of the rays,retain undiminished power, and give that firmness and vivacity to thescene which prevents it from looking feeble. In nature, figures from theirupright position, have a greater consequence from the flat shadows being Pk& 7.
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LIGHT AND SHADE IN PAINTING. 35 weakened by the light of the sky falling into them; for, seeing that thewhole heavens are tilled with light, it is showered down and reflected inall directions. Also, from their being in motion, they attract the eye; acircumstance to be noticed by the Artist, who has to give them theirrelative value on canvass, as they possess in reality. The considerationof all these circumstances influences many painters, in giving the darks thefull force of the palette. As a general character and the leading featuresof strong daylight are to be purchased at any sacrifice, critics who donot sufficiently investigate these matters, may complain of want of air,but the Student, by a close attention to the subject, will not easily bescared by the cry of sans vapeur. Birds in the air, boats on the water, figures on the sands, cornfields,or light roads, have all this characteristic feature in a high degree, fromthe middle tint being on so light a key. Cuyp often accomplishes

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