Chapter IV., Of Truth of Space: First, as Dependent on the Focus of the Eye |
| §1. | Space is more clearly indicated by the drawing of objects than by their hue. | 185 | | §2. | It is impossible to see objects at unequal distances distinctly at one moment. | 186 | | §3. | Especially such as are both comparatively near. | 186 | | §4. | In painting, therefore, either the foreground or distance must be partially sacrificed. | 187 | | §5. | Which not being done by the old masters, they could not express space. | 187 | | §6. | But modern artists have succeeded in fully carrying out this principle. | 188 | | §7. | Especially of Turner. | 189 | | §8. | Justification of the want of drawing in Turner's figures. | 189 |
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