Eastlake's Methods and Materials of Painting of the Great Schools and Masters
Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock [One-time President of the Royal Academy], Methods and Materials of Painting of the Great Schools and Masters [Formerly titled: Materials for a History of Oil Painting]. Vol. One. New York; Dover Publications, Inc. 1960 [Originally published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans in 1847]
Note by Editor
Bellini Thinned his Vehicle with Linseed Oil
Chiaroscuro Preparations - Their Effect, Duly Managed, or Producing Depth and Richness
Chiaroscuro Preparations - Transparent Brown
Colour, Light, Shade, Correggio, &c.
How to Compose and Paint a Single Head
Cool Lights on Red
Crispness and Sharpness Before Toning
Depth of Light Tints
Depth - Transparent Medium
Effect
Facility of Execution
Finish
Gem-like Quality
Glazing System
Life in Inanimate Things
Macchia [The blocking out of the masses of light and shade. - Ed.]
Means & End of Art [Fragment from a Journal Book of 1828]
Natural Contrasts
Natural Harmonies
Necessity for Definitions
Negative Lights and Shades
Neutral Tints in White and Other Draperies
Oil Painting
Oiling Out
Palette Knife
Remedies
Scumbling and Retouching
Space
On Subjects for Painting
Texture - Contrast of Surface in Scumbling
Toning, To Mitigate Partial or General Crudeness
Transparent Painting
Treatment of Green & Blue
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