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BURNET, JOHN. F.R.S.
A Treatise on Painting in Four Parts an essay on the education of the eye with reference to painting,and practical hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colour. The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish and Dutch schools.Four books bound as one comprising different editions: Vol. I "An Essay on the Education of the Eye" (1865 third Edition); Vol II: "Practical Hints on Composition in Painting" (1865 seventh Edition); Vol. III: "Practical Hints on Light and Shade in Painting" (1864, seventh Edition) and Vol IV:"Practical Hints on Colour in Painting"(1843, Fifrth Edition).
London, & Co. . Half-Leather, Folio -Hardcover over, 290mm x 230mm tall. Ill.: Four books bound as one comprising different editions: Folio, 73, 31, vi-45 + 64 pp. Profusely illustrated with bl/white and (hand)coloured ills.,a very good copy of the large paper edition on India Proofs. Fine.24 b/w plates and 8 colour plates (vol iv)
Reference : 17209
edition of the collected works on the art of painting by the Scottish artist John Burnet (1784-1868), illustrated by himself. He dedicated the present work to Sir Thomas Lawrence, the President of the Royal Academy. It is divided into three parts: on composition, chiaroscuro (light and shadow), and colour. The text does not instruct the reader to paint but rather to understand painting, making this a manual for looking at paintings and an introduction to connoisseurship. Being able to converse about art had become an important part of social life for the upper class and this work would prove welcome for anybody who wished to be able to understand art better. It was a valuable work, in a luxurious binding and illustrated thoroughly, partly with coloured plates. Burnet was a respected artist who made all of the reproductions himself, for which he used a combination of etching, aquatint and hand-colouring. As examples Burnet used many famous paintings of Italian, Flemish and Dutch artists, such as Paulus Potter, Adriaan van Ostade, Claude, Rubens, Albert Cuyp, Ter Borch, Rembrandt, Pieter de Hooghe, Van Dyck, Gab. Metsu, Ger. Dou, Adr. van de Velde, David Teniers, Wouwermans, Hondecoeter, Frans Hals, Corregio, Raffael, Titian and Veronese.
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