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... color . Homemade spirit varnish was far too costly , so mutton tallow was tried as a wood preserva- tive , resulting in a darker color but little real protection . B Within the limits of construction requirements , there was a great ...
... color . Homemade spirit varnish was far too costly , so mutton tallow was tried as a wood preserva- tive , resulting in a darker color but little real protection . B Within the limits of construction requirements , there was a great ...
Page 140
... color . He did not understand the principles of shading and highlights , and linear perspective was beyond his ken . He used color in its simplest terms - dark and light contrasted . The face and hands , and the lower limbs , if the ...
... color . He did not understand the principles of shading and highlights , and linear perspective was beyond his ken . He used color in its simplest terms - dark and light contrasted . The face and hands , and the lower limbs , if the ...
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... color about the altar of their mosques , and the elaborate altarback developed as a typical embellishment of Spanish churches . The princi- pal altars of cathedrals in Spain have such a profusion of carving and maze of color as to be ...
... color about the altar of their mosques , and the elaborate altarback developed as a typical embellishment of Spanish churches . The princi- pal altars of cathedrals in Spain have such a profusion of carving and maze of color as to be ...
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