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" ... castle, group of trees, a corn-field, river scene, or any other object. The prominence of this leading feature in the piece should be duly supported throughout ; the character of the picture should be derived from it ; every other object introduced... "
Memoir of the Life of David Cox: Member of the Society of Painters in Water ... - Page 54
by Nathaniel Neal Solly - 1873 - 339 pages
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Somerset House Gazette and Literary Museum, Or, Weekly Miscellany of Fine ...

1824 - 436 pages
...object introduced should be subservient toil; and the attraction of the one should be the nltrnction of the whole. The union of too great a variety of...destroy, or at least to weaken the predominance of thiit which ought to be the principal in the composition, and which the student, when be comes to the...
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A Biography of David Cox: With Remarks on His Works and Genius

William Hall - 1881 - 300 pages
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A biography of David Cox: with remarks on his works and genius ..., Issue 367

William Hall - 1881 - 306 pages
...feature in the piece should be duly supported throughout ; the character of the picture should lie derived from it ; every other object introduced should...one should be the attraction of the whole. . . The picture should be complete and perfect in the mind before it is ever traced upon the canvas. Again,...
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Drawings of David Cox

Alexander Joseph Finberg - 1906 - 122 pages
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A Treatise on Landscape Painting in Water Colours

David Cox - 1922 - 190 pages
...supported throughout ; the character of the picture should be derived from it ; every other subject introduced should be subservient to it ; and the attraction...of the one should be the attraction of the whole," he is only pointing out the necessity for orderly and logical design. His arguments, too, that the...
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David Cox

Trenchard Cox - 1947 - 144 pages
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