. The Whistler book; a monograph of the life and positin in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works . iscordant, the vaguetrain of hght mingled with shadows accentuateonly a few places with vivid spots, perchancethe polished surface of a piece of furniture, aglass or pewter mug on the table, the collaret orjewelled belt of some fair lady. The eye is ledto noticing gradations of obscurity, the dark-ness grows animated with colour and form, andwe see the objects as tliiough a glaze of VanDyke brown. No wonder that the painter of the MiddleAges, ha
. The Whistler book; a monograph of the life and positin in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works . iscordant, the vaguetrain of hght mingled with shadows accentuateonly a few places with vivid spots, perchancethe polished surface of a piece of furniture, aglass or pewter mug on the table, the collaret orjewelled belt of some fair lady. The eye is ledto noticing gradations of obscurity, the dark-ness grows animated with colour and form, andwe see the objects as tliiough a glaze of VanDyke brown. No wonder that the painter of the MiddleAges, having become sensible to the beauty oftransparent darkness and the briUiant passagesof light, dared to unite extremes and to showevery form and colour in its full strength. Thevagueness of chiaroscural effects was the greatmodifier which enveloped all adjacent objectsin clair obscLire and tempered them with awarm and mellow radiance. How different are the conditions in our are no more Schalcken or Rembrandteffects. We have succeeded in banishing dark-ness from our homes. We have become verysanitary, we want light and air, the walls of. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, Seir YorkLADY IN GRAY. On Light and Tone Problems 83 houses are built less substantial, and tliroughthe increased largeness and transparency ofpanes, the daylight streams in with dazzlingvehemence. It penetrates into the remotestnooks and corners. Even at dawn the shadowsare only vaguely dark, of an uncertain andmixed bluish grey. Lenbach, the portraitpainter, realized this deficiency, and found itnecessary to construct a special studio, wherethe hght was only sparingly admitted throughdeep casements, and where the sitters for hisold-master-like interpretations of moderncharacters were placed far away from the win-dows. The greatest havoc among chiaroscuraleffects, however, has been played by modernlight appliances. Gas and electric light, withtheir various modifiers and intensifiers, havekilled all
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