The Theory of Colouring: Being an Analysis of the Principles of Contrast and Harmony in the Arrangement of Colours, With Their Application to the Study of Nature, and Hints on the Composition of Pictu - Hardcover

J. Bacon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026649238X ISBN 13: 9780266492382

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Theory of Colouring<br/><br/>Many are averse to use theoretical principles in the study of art: science, it is said, may be learned by theories, but art only by practice. Truly, mere theoretical principles will never make an artist without practice, which they are intended to direct, not to supplant. They are to guide the student in his work, not to do his work for him. The principles of colour stand in the same relationship to painting as the rules of perspective with regard to drawing, neither can be neglected with impunity. These princi ples are not necessarily intuitive, but are to be learned by long, and often bitter experience. If the student will be guided by the experience of others, and adopt the rules set forth, so far as they commend themselves to his judgement, he may reap the fruit of their labours, and share with them the glory of success....

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026649238X
• ISBN 13: 9780266492382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 134