Art: The Renaissance, the Baroque, the modern worldPrentice-Hall, 1985 - Art |
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Page 506
... light was al- ways diffused and generalized , without indication of a specific source . But Taddeo has shown the traditional scene of the Annunciation to the Shepherds ( fig . 650 ) as a revelation of light , which in a long Christian ...
... light was al- ways diffused and generalized , without indication of a specific source . But Taddeo has shown the traditional scene of the Annunciation to the Shepherds ( fig . 650 ) as a revelation of light , which in a long Christian ...
Page 840
... light source . Nonetheless , in the 1860s and 1870s such facts , if realized at all by the general public or by most artists , were automatically discounted , and were compensated by readjustment of tones and contours in favor of the ...
... light source . Nonetheless , in the 1860s and 1870s such facts , if realized at all by the general public or by most artists , were automatically discounted , and were compensated by readjustment of tones and contours in favor of the ...
Page 846
... light effect at a given moment of the day . He would select the canvas that corresponded most closely to the mo- ment before him and recommence painting - not without periods of des- peration when the desired light effects refused to ...
... light effect at a given moment of the day . He would select the canvas that corresponded most closely to the mo- ment before him and recommence painting - not without periods of des- peration when the desired light effects refused to ...
Contents
The Pioneers The Mexicans Abstract Expressionism The Reaction Against | 956 |
Richardson Sullivan and the Chicago School Art Nouveau and Expressionist | 965 |
GLOSSARY | 977 |
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