A Treatise on Painting in four parts...
BURNET John F. R. S.
A Treatise on Painting in four parts ...
illustrated by Examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools
BURNET John F. R. S.
A Treatise on Painting in four parts ...
illustrated by Examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools
Henry Sotheran & Co, London, 1880. New Edition. A Treatise On Painting. Consisting of an essay on the education of the eye ... and practical hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colour. ... illustrated by Examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch.
4º, (30 x 24 cm.). Cuatro partes en un volumen: 1ª.-An Essay on the Education of the Eye with reference to Painting VIII + [4] + 73 p. + 7 pls.; 2ª.-Practical Hints on Composition in Painting, [8] + 22 p. + 9 pls.; 3ª.- Practical Hints on Light and Shade in Painting, VI + 45 p. + 8 pls.; 4ª.- Practical Hints on Colour in Painting, IX + 64 p. + 8 pls.
En total 32 láminas grabadas (8 con color a mano), conteniendo 124 aguafuerte y grabados de Burnet según diseños propios o según cuadros de Cuyp, Rubens, Rembrandt, Correggio, Raffaelle, Van Dyck, Titian, Hals y otros. Viñetas y numerosos grabados en texto. Burnet, miembro of the Royal Society, destacó no sólo como pintor y grabador, sino también como escritor sobre arte. “His thorough knowledge of his profession, both as engraver and painter, and his sound and sober judgment, give his writings a value often wanting to those of more brilliant authors."
Encuadernación deficiente con reparación del lomo. Texto y grabados en buen estado