Research Catalog

Title

Practical hints on light and shade in painting [electronic resource] : illustrated by examples from the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.

Author

Burnet, John, 1784-1868.

Publication

London : J. Carpenter, 1838

Details

Additional Authors

• Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.
• Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.
• Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667.
• Titian, approximately 1488-1576.
• Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.
• Correggio, 1489?-1534.
• Nolpe, Pieter, 1601-
• Cuyp, Aelbert, 1620-1691.
• Potter, Paulus, 1625-1654.
• Velde, Adriaen van de, 1636-1672.
• Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.
• Ostade, Isack van, 1621-1649.
• Hondecoeter, Gijsbert de, 1604-1653.
• Wouverman, Philips, 1619-1668.
• Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
• Hals, Frans, 1584-1666.

Description

1 online resource ([2], [v]-vi, [1], 45, [3] p., 8 leaves of plates) : ill., ports.

Series Statement

• Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
• Burnet, John, 1784-1868. Treatise on painting ; pt. 3.

Uniform Title

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.

Subject

• Painting
• Shades and shadows in art
• Perspective

Note

• Printer from colophon.
• Also issued as pt. 2 of "A practical treatise on painting"; in collective issues from 1837, called "Practical hints on painting" and later "A treatise on painting", it forms pt. 3. This collection, over time, consisted of various separately printed editions of the component works, bound together.
• Illustrations engraved by Burnet after Rembrandt, Van Dyck ("Vandyke"), Metsu ("Metzu"), Titian, G. Dou ("Dow"), Correggio ("Corregio"), P. Nolpe, Cuyp, P. Potter, A. van de Velde ("Vandivelde"), Claude, I. Ostade ("J. Ostade"), Gijsbert de Hondecoeter ("Hondekooter"), Wouverman ("Wouvermans"), Teniers, and Frans Hals ("Frank Hals").
• Publisher's advertisement for "Practical hints on painting", consisting of An essay on the education of the eye, On composition (5th ed.), On light and shade (5th ed.), and On colour (4th ed.), as well as a portrait of Burnet "of a size to be inserted in the work": p. [47], with miscellaneous books listed on p. [48].
• Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

OCLC

• 78749784
• NCCO2004890

Author

Burnet, John, 1784-1868.

Title

Practical hints on light and shade in painting [electronic resource] : illustrated by examples from the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.

Imprint

London : J. Carpenter, 1838 (Chiswick : C. Whittingham)

Edition

5th ed.

Series

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925

Burnet, John, 1784-1868. Treatise on painting ; pt. 3.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.

Local Note

Scanned copy imperfect: [3] p., 5th count wanting.

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Added Author

Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.

Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667.

Titian, approximately 1488-1576.

Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.

Correggio, 1489?-1534.

Nolpe, Pieter, 1601-

Cuyp, Aelbert, 1620-1691.

Potter, Paulus, 1625-1654.

Velde, Adriaen van de, 1636-1672.

Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.

Ostade, Isack van, 1621-1649.

Hondecoeter, Gijsbert de, 1604-1653.

Wouverman, Philips, 1619-1668.

Teniers, David, 1610-1690.

Hals, Frans, 1584-1666.

Burnet, John, 1784-1868.