The Beloved Work, by Fedora E D Brown

The Beloved Work, by Fedora E. D. Brown
Identifier: americanannualof1911newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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It is notconcentrated to any particular place—as in a lamp or otherartificial illuminant—but is diffused by the atmosphere overa vast area, and this is so on bright days, cloudy days, and ina lesser degree even at night. As the sky is always above us,the earth receives its illumination from above. In other words,the sky may be regarded as a top light of great covering powerand brilliancy, the landscape lying bathed in this mellow light.The bare earth of the roadway gleams with light; shadows oftrees cast their dark shapes across it, and upon bright, sunnydays, the clouds project their dazzling reflections upon it. The 196 sky is above us, behind us, and in front of us: the distant hilland valley are softened and beautified by its meKowness. Thesky dominates over all, bringing into harmony the land andthe sea, that they may appear one perfect whole. It is thisquality of breadth—of largeness—that is the greatest charmof the landscape, and we have but to look at the works of mas-
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THE BELOVED WORK. FEDORA E. D. BROWN. ter painters to appreciate how great is this beauty. Coiot,Claude, Cyup, Turner, and many others all show the value ofthis mellow light, and their canvases are eloquent records ofthe beauty of the earth when it is wedded to that of the sky.The most difficult part of the landscape is generally con-ceded by artists to be at the horizon, and it requires a verynice judgment to introduce just the requisite degree of defini-tion, and still have a certain amount of softness so apparentin the outdoor view. This softness, which is the effect of 197 distance, should not, however, merge into a pronounced iuziuness, or the effect will be a blurring of objects along the sky-line: an effect which at once acknowledges a lack of skill injoining two negatives upon the print. Another common mis-take is to overcrowd the space between the cloud forms andthe horizon. This emphasizes the sky to the detriment of thelandscape, and in the treatment of cumulus or large clo