The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 1Harper, 1846 |
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... less liable to be charged with inaccu- racy of criticism , with describing what ought to be rather than delineating what is . From materials thus varied and contradictory , it is my wish to extract a clear and concise account of our ...
... less liable to be charged with inaccu- racy of criticism , with describing what ought to be rather than delineating what is . From materials thus varied and contradictory , it is my wish to extract a clear and concise account of our ...
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... less in request than St. George . No works of art were produced in this period which induce me to lament their loss , and the oblivion which has come over them . During the civil wars which succeeded , the waste of human life was ...
... less in request than St. George . No works of art were produced in this period which induce me to lament their loss , and the oblivion which has come over them . During the civil wars which succeeded , the waste of human life was ...
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... less than life , and represent Henry the Fifth and his relations . It measures four feet six inches long , by four feet four inches high , and was in the days of Catholic power the altarpiece of the church of Shene . An angel stands in ...
... less than life , and represent Henry the Fifth and his relations . It measures four feet six inches long , by four feet four inches high , and was in the days of Catholic power the altarpiece of the church of Shene . An angel stands in ...
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... less that of sen- timent than of colour . In some of the most re markable there is a vivid richness and delicacy of hue , approaching the lustre of oil - painting . They are valuable also for their evidence of the state of art - for the ...
... less that of sen- timent than of colour . In some of the most re markable there is a vivid richness and delicacy of hue , approaching the lustre of oil - painting . They are valuable also for their evidence of the state of art - for the ...
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... less massive mode of architecture abridged the space for its ac- commodation , and by degrees the stiff and fanciful creations of the loom vanished from our walls . The art is now neglected . I am sorry for this , because I cannot think ...
... less massive mode of architecture abridged the space for its ac- commodation , and by degrees the stiff and fanciful creations of the loom vanished from our walls . The art is now neglected . I am sorry for this , because I cannot think ...
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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