Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Practical Hints on Light and Shade in Painting: Illustrated by Examples From the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools
Having thus defined some Of the characteristic features of shadow, the effects Of light in a great measure explain themselves, being In most instances of an Opposite nature. Its cheerful in?uence Operates on the mind of the spectator, either when viewing the festivities of a village holiday or when he beholds it diffused over the general face Of nature: it may be termed the Allegro in Painting.
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