COLOMBIN (adj.)

COLUMBINE (eng.)
TERM USED IN EARLY TRANSLATIONS
COLUMBINE (eng.) · DOVE COLOUR (eng.)

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XXXIV.
Les Draperies Violettes se font aussi de cette sorte [ndr : que les draperies carmins et de laque ; voir p. 35-36] ; aprés avoir fait un mélange de Carmin & d’Outremer, mettant toûjours du blanc pour les clairs. Si vous voulez que vostre Violet soit colombin, il faut qu’il y ait plus de Carmin que d’Outremer : mais si vous le voulez plus bleu & plus enfoncé, mettez plus d’Outremer que de Carmin.

term translated by COLUMBINE in BOUTET, Claude, The Art of Painting in Miniature: Teaching The speedy and perfect Acquisition of that Art without a Master. By Rules so easy, and in a Method so natural as to render this charming Accomplishment universally attainable. Containing I. The Difference between Painting in Miniature, and other Kinds of Painting. II. The Management of Colours in Draperies, Linnen, Lace, Furrs, &c. III. The Method of mixing Colours for Carnations ; for painting of Architecture, or any Building of Stone or Wood ; for Landskips, Terrasses, Water, Ruins, Rocks, &c. IV. The Art of Painting all Sorts of Flowers, with the proper Colours required to represent Nature to the highest Perfection. V. The various Methods of Painting. Translated from the Original French. The Fourth Edition. To which are now added, I. Certain Secrets of one of the greatest Italian Painters for making the finest Colours, Burnished Gold, Shell Gold, &c. II. Some general instructive Lessons for the Art of Drawing. And III. The Usefulness and Benefit of Prints, London, J. Hodges - J. James - T. Cooper, 1739., p. 25-26.
term translated by DOVE COLOUR in BOUTET, Claude, The Art of Painting in Miniature: Teaching The speedy and perfect Acquisition of that Art without a Master. By Rules so easy, and in a Method so natural as to render this charming Accomplishment universally attainable. Containing I. The Difference between Painting in Miniature, and other Kinds of Painting. II. The Management of Colours in Draperies, Linnen, Lace, Furrs, &c. III. The Method of mixing Colours for Carnations ; for painting of Architecture, or any Building of Stone or Wood ; for Landskips, Terrasses, Water, Ruins, Rocks, &c. IV. The Art of Painting all Sorts of Flowers, with the proper Colours required to represent Nature to the highest Perfection. V. The various Methods of Painting. Translated from the Original French. The Fourth Edition. To which are now added, I. Certain Secrets of one of the greatest Italian Painters for making the finest Colours, Burnished Gold, Shell Gold, &c. II. Some general instructive Lessons for the Art of Drawing. And III. The Usefulness and Benefit of Prints, London, J. Hodges - J. James - T. Cooper, 1739., p. 25-26.

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MATERIALITE DE L’ŒUVRE → couleurs

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La draperie violette s’ébauche de laque & d’outremer mêlez ensemble, s’ombre de la même couleur : si vous voulez que le violet soit colombin, il faut mettre dans votre mélange plus de laque que d’outremer ; si plus bleu que colombin, plus d’outremer que de laque.

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MATERIALITE DE L’ŒUVRE → couleurs
L’HISTOIRE ET LA FIGURE → vêtements et plis