| Type de texte | source |
|---|---|
| Titre | Lecture I. On Design |
| Auteurs | Opie, John |
| Date de rédaction | 1806 |
| Date de publication originale | 1809 |
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| Editeur moderne | Wornum, Ralph N. |
| Date de reprint |
, p. 240-241
Painting, we are told, consisted, in its infancy, of mere outlines, and probably for a long time very little exceeded what we now see scrawled in a nursery by children who have never been taught to draw: the next step of the art was to monogram, or the addition of some parts within the contour; from thence it advanced to the monochrom, or paintings of one colour; and to this quickly succeeded the polychrome, or the application of various colours […]
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