The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 1Harper, 1846 |
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... Elegance was drowned in absurd pomp , and luxury in gro- tesque extravagance . Art and knowledge were more in favour during the long reign of Edward the Third . Poetry and learning were of his train ; a better taste and a more temperate ...
... Elegance was drowned in absurd pomp , and luxury in gro- tesque extravagance . Art and knowledge were more in favour during the long reign of Edward the Third . Poetry and learning were of his train ; a better taste and a more temperate ...
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... elegance of many of their works are yet unsurpassed . I am aware that there is a certain air of stiffness in the portraits of Holbein , that several of Vandyke's are unequal to his talents , that Lely is loose , and many of his pic ...
... elegance of many of their works are yet unsurpassed . I am aware that there is a certain air of stiffness in the portraits of Holbein , that several of Vandyke's are unequal to his talents , that Lely is loose , and many of his pic ...
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... elegance of form without the grace of action , and motionless repose approaching to slumber , were not for him whose strength lay in kindling figures into life , and tossing them into business . A collection of isolated lords and ladies ...
... elegance of form without the grace of action , and motionless repose approaching to slumber , were not for him whose strength lay in kindling figures into life , and tossing them into business . A collection of isolated lords and ladies ...
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... health , observation , and sagacity . He treated his own physiognomy as he treated his friends ' , - seized the character strongly , and left grace and elegance to those who were unable to cope 78 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
... health , observation , and sagacity . He treated his own physiognomy as he treated his friends ' , - seized the character strongly , and left grace and elegance to those who were unable to cope 78 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
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Allan Cunningham. grace and elegance to those who were unable to cope with mind and spirit . On the palette which belongs to the first - named of these two portraits there is drawn a waving line , with the words " Line of beauty " —a ...
Allan Cunningham. grace and elegance to those who were unable to cope with mind and spirit . On the palette which belongs to the first - named of these two portraits there is drawn a waving line , with the words " Line of beauty " —a ...
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Academy admiration afterward Allan Ramsay appeared artist beauty Burke character church colouring composition copy Correggio court drawing elegance eminent employed England engraving excellence exhibition fame favourite feeling figures folly fortune friends Gainsborough gallery Garrick genius grace guineas hand happy Harlot's Progress Hogarth honour humour imagination John Gonson Johnson Kate Hackabout kind king Kneller labour ladies landscape Line of Beauty living London look Lord loved manner masters merit mind nature never Nichols noble North Briton Northcote observed obtained painted painter Paul Veronese pencil person poet portrait portrait-painting prints productions purchased racter Rake's Progress Raphael reputation Reynolds Rome royal Rubens satire says scene seems Sigismunda Sir Joshua Sir Richard Grosvenor sketches skill spirit splendour style talents taste Thicknesse thing Thornhill thought tion Titian truth ture Vandyke vanity Walpole Wilkes William Hogarth Wilson wish worthy