PRACTICAL HINTS
COMPOSITION IN PAINTING.
ILLUSTRATED BY
(Examples from tfie €toat Jftasters
ITALIAN, FLEMISH, AND DUTCH SCHOOLS.
BY JOHN BURNET.
" Invention is one of the great marks of genius; but, if we consult experience, we shall find, that it is
by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as, by reading the thoughts
of others, we learn to think."—Sir Joshua Reynolds.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,
AND SOLD BY JAMES CARPENTER AND SON,
OLD BOND STREET.
1822.
COMPOSITION IN PAINTING.
ILLUSTRATED BY
(Examples from tfie €toat Jftasters
ITALIAN, FLEMISH, AND DUTCH SCHOOLS.
BY JOHN BURNET.
" Invention is one of the great marks of genius; but, if we consult experience, we shall find, that it is
by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as, by reading the thoughts
of others, we learn to think."—Sir Joshua Reynolds.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,
AND SOLD BY JAMES CARPENTER AND SON,
OLD BOND STREET.
1822.