DOI Heft:
No. 84 (March, 1900)
DOI Artikel:Reviews
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19784#0153
Reviews
of the measurement of colour. Mr. Hurst in a We have received from Mr. \V. H. Broome
modest preface acknowledges his indebtedness to (London) some sheets of new music, the cover
such authorities on the subject of colour as Chev- designs of which call for a word of praise. We are
reul, Rood, Church, and Benson. He writes with glad to see evidences of improvement in this direc-
clearness and precision. The latter part of his tion, but there is still room for further advancement,
book will be found useful to artists. The editors of Who's Who, igoo, and the
.- If proof were required of the value of photo- Englishwoman's Year-Book, ipoo, published by
graphy as an aid to the artist the Lensart Series of Messrs. A. & C. Black, London, are to be con-
studies, executed under the direction of Mr. A. L. gratulated upon the increasing importance and
Baldry and Mr. W. J. Day, would constitute an value of their publications. The extent of the
excellent witness. The out-of-door conditions of information contained in them is remarkable,
light and atmosphere, as all artists know, are of a and renders them indispensable adjuncts to the
peculiarly fleeting and subtle character, and the library table,
difficulties experienced by
the painter in his plein-air
studies, more especially
of the figure, are well-
nigh insurmountable. To
aid in a measure the
solution of some of the
many difficult problems, the
Lensart Series of photo-
graphs has been produced.
How admirable, and how
useful to the painter the
series should become, can
only be realised by a care
ful study of the many excel
lent items. Those entitled
A Sea Frolic, Sea Wrack,
and A Dryad, in addition
to those we are privi-
leged to reproduce, are
not only masterpieces
of the art of figure posing
and drapery arrangement,
but are full of useful
suggestion in the matter
of direct and secondary
lighting. We sincerely
trust that those responsible
for the photographs which
have appeared will be
encouraged to continue
their work, for the more
we see of it the more
we realise what legitimate
value to the painter the
camera may become. The
Lensart photographs, we
understand, may be ob-
tained from Messrs. L.
Day & Sons, of Bourne-
mouth.
140
THE COIIDESS or THE GROVE FROM THE " LENSART" SERIES
of the measurement of colour. Mr. Hurst in a We have received from Mr. \V. H. Broome
modest preface acknowledges his indebtedness to (London) some sheets of new music, the cover
such authorities on the subject of colour as Chev- designs of which call for a word of praise. We are
reul, Rood, Church, and Benson. He writes with glad to see evidences of improvement in this direc-
clearness and precision. The latter part of his tion, but there is still room for further advancement,
book will be found useful to artists. The editors of Who's Who, igoo, and the
.- If proof were required of the value of photo- Englishwoman's Year-Book, ipoo, published by
graphy as an aid to the artist the Lensart Series of Messrs. A. & C. Black, London, are to be con-
studies, executed under the direction of Mr. A. L. gratulated upon the increasing importance and
Baldry and Mr. W. J. Day, would constitute an value of their publications. The extent of the
excellent witness. The out-of-door conditions of information contained in them is remarkable,
light and atmosphere, as all artists know, are of a and renders them indispensable adjuncts to the
peculiarly fleeting and subtle character, and the library table,
difficulties experienced by
the painter in his plein-air
studies, more especially
of the figure, are well-
nigh insurmountable. To
aid in a measure the
solution of some of the
many difficult problems, the
Lensart Series of photo-
graphs has been produced.
How admirable, and how
useful to the painter the
series should become, can
only be realised by a care
ful study of the many excel
lent items. Those entitled
A Sea Frolic, Sea Wrack,
and A Dryad, in addition
to those we are privi-
leged to reproduce, are
not only masterpieces
of the art of figure posing
and drapery arrangement,
but are full of useful
suggestion in the matter
of direct and secondary
lighting. We sincerely
trust that those responsible
for the photographs which
have appeared will be
encouraged to continue
their work, for the more
we see of it the more
we realise what legitimate
value to the painter the
camera may become. The
Lensart photographs, we
understand, may be ob-
tained from Messrs. L.
Day & Sons, of Bourne-
mouth.
140
THE COIIDESS or THE GROVE FROM THE " LENSART" SERIES