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" It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these... "
Critical Studies and Fragments - Page 74
by Sandford Arthur Strong - 1905 - 362 pages
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Recollections of the British institution, for promoting the fine arts in the ...

Thomas Smith (of Marylebone.) - 1860 - 256 pages
...one of his Discourses (Discourse viii. December 1788), " that the masses of light in a picture should be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white, and that the blue, the grey, or the green should be kept entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support and set...
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Rise and Progress of Painting

Edmund Edward Antrobus - 1862 - 216 pages
...in the works of the Venetian painters, as I think it is not generally known or observed. " It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that...always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a I yellowish-white, and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept always entirely out of...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 67

1868 - 284 pages
...which he questions the assertion of Reynolds, that the masses of light in a picture should always be of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish white, and instances proofs to the contrary, both in art and nature, Lawrence thus vindicated, in his own gentle...
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Notes and Queries

1871 - 704 pages
...observe in the works of the Venetian painters, as I think it is not generally known or observed. Honght, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed that the...be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or yellowish-white; and that the blue, the grey, and the green colours be used only to support and to...
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Notes and Queries

1871 - 632 pages
...known or observed. It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed that the masses of li.nht in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or yellowish-white ; ami that the blue, the grey, and the green colours be used only to support and to...
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The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales, Volume 7

Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 720 pages
...that this picture was painted to confute a dictum of Sir Joshua Reynolds', in his Eighth Discourse, " that the masses of light in a picture be always of...yellow, red, or a yellowish white ; and that the blue, grey, or green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support and...
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The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales, Volume 7

Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 610 pages
...that this picture was painted to confute a dictum of Sir Joshua Reynolds', in his Eighth Discourse, " that the masses of light in a picture be always of...yellow, red, or a yellowish white ; and that the blue, grey, or green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support and...
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The Discourses

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 332 pages
...in the works of the Venetian painters, as I think it is not generally known or observed. It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that...red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support...
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The Discourses

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 330 pages
...Venetian painters, as I think it is not generally known or observed. It ought, in my opinion, to bo indispensably observed, that the masses of light in...red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support...
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Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Claude Phillips - 1894 - 474 pages
...the students of the Royal Academy, delivered December loth, 1778, and thus worded : — " It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed that the...always of a warm, mellow colour ; yellow, red, or a yellowish-white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept entirely out of these masses,...
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