Light and Water: A Study of Reflexion and Colour, in River, Lake and Sea (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Montagu Pollock

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332312365 ISBN 13: 9781332312368

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

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Excerpt from Light and Water: A Study of Reflexion and Colour, in River, Lake and Sea

In presenting the following essay to the public, the author disclaims at the outset all pretension to teach anyone how to paint. His aim has been to give his readers an elementary acquaintance from the scientific side with the subject of the reflexions and colours seen in water, and he believes that an artist who will approach it from this standpoint will find a study of the questions discussed in these pages to be both of interest and service. In this, as in other cases, a true enjoyment of nature will not be marred, but rather increased, by a closer examination of her methods.

The book being intended primarily for the use of the artist or art student, there is no attempt to make the account of the subject scientifically complete, even in the ground which these pages cover. The principles involved are of a very elementary nature, and not likely to discourage the most diffident.

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Excerpt from Light and Water: A Study of Reflexion and Colour, in River, Lake and Sea

In the first chapter is explained the formation of the image in perfectly still water. In the second the water is supposed to be rippled, and the consequent distortion of the image is discussed. In neither of these chapters is the colour of the water itself con sidered; we are so far occupied only with the form of the reflexions, and the transparency of the water is for the present ignored. In the subsequent chapters we are more particularly concerned with the question of colour. In the third chapter, the water being as sumed to be still, it is shown to what extent this local colour is apparent under different conditions of vision. Finally, in the fourth chapter, the same considerations are applied to a rippled surface.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332312365
• ISBN 13: 9781332312368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 183