The Use of a Box of Colours, in a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour

The Use of a Box of Colours, in a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour.

Between those works on Art which are too costly, or too old to be useful now,those, which are too comprehensive or prolixand those, which teach nothing,it was suggested to the Author, that an investigation and simple arrangement of the Principles on which he has hitherto successfully taught, with useful results, would form a Practical Treatise, calculated to abridge the labours and shorten the road of the Student, by its available suggestions. [1] 'Genius is the power of making efforts.' Erroneous opinions, once formed, seldom fail to affect the taste of a man's character through his whole life. It is, therefore, of the utmost necessity that his conduct be rightly directed. 'Art will not descend to us, we must be made to reach and aspire to it.' 'The great art to learn much,' says Locke, 'is to undertake a little at a time.' And Dr. Johnson has very forcibly observed'That all the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance: it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man were to compare the effect of a single stroke with a pickaxe, or of one impression of a spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed with the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties; and mountains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32681
Author: Willson, Harry
Release Date: Jun 4, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English