. A treatise on painting : In four parts ... The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools. In Plate I. Fig. 1, the Canal of Dort, by Cuyp, in the Bridgewatercollection, we not only find an excellent example of aerial perspective,but also of that assemblage of lines produced by the repetition of forms,which assists the receding of objects from their diminution, the doublingof the lines in producing richness of effect, and that harmony which arisesfrom one line counteracting another in its direction, giving thereby ageneral balance to the whole. The ef
. A treatise on painting : In four parts ... The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools. In Plate I. Fig. 1, the Canal of Dort, by Cuyp, in the Bridgewatercollection, we not only find an excellent example of aerial perspective,but also of that assemblage of lines produced by the repetition of forms,which assists the receding of objects from their diminution, the doublingof the lines in producing richness of effect, and that harmony which arisesfrom one line counteracting another in its direction, giving thereby ageneral balance to the whole. The effect of aerial perspective upon theeye being mainly attributable to the application of shadow to the severaloutlines, thereby giving them their approaching or receding character, sucharrangement is to be chosen which will give them this quality, and which X.
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