The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 1Harper, 1846 |
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... rich as well as powerful , and the martial barbarism of the preceding reigns was sobered down into something like elegance . The ladies laid aside those formidable pyramids which made the face seem the centre of the body , and the ...
... rich as well as powerful , and the martial barbarism of the preceding reigns was sobered down into something like elegance . The ladies laid aside those formidable pyramids which made the face seem the centre of the body , and the ...
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... rich materials , and perhaps to use them wisely ; but our fathers acted as if all the charm lay in abun- dance of costly things . We had gilded kings with golden crowns ; gilded angels with golden halos ; and gilded virgins sitting ...
... rich materials , and perhaps to use them wisely ; but our fathers acted as if all the charm lay in abun- dance of costly things . We had gilded kings with golden crowns ; gilded angels with golden halos ; and gilded virgins sitting ...
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... ladies encouraged this manufacture by working at it with their own hands ; and the rich aided by purchasing it in vast quantities whenever regular practitioners appeared in the market . It found its way EARLY ART IN ENGLAND . 23.
... ladies encouraged this manufacture by working at it with their own hands ; and the rich aided by purchasing it in vast quantities whenever regular practitioners appeared in the market . It found its way EARLY ART IN ENGLAND . 23.
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... rich mantle cast under one arm and over her shoul- der , and sitting on a chair on which one arm did " Her forehead , " adds Walpole , describing her portrait at Eton , " is remarkably large , her mouth and the rest of her features ...
... rich mantle cast under one arm and over her shoul- der , and sitting on a chair on which one arm did " Her forehead , " adds Walpole , describing her portrait at Eton , " is remarkably large , her mouth and the rest of her features ...
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... rich dress , with crown , sceptre , and globe , coming out of her palace with Juno , Pallas , and Venus , as her compics . Juno drops her sceptre , Venus scat- ters her roses , and Cupid flings away his arrows . The poverty of the ...
... rich dress , with crown , sceptre , and globe , coming out of her palace with Juno , Pallas , and Venus , as her compics . Juno drops her sceptre , Venus scat- ters her roses , and Cupid flings away his arrows . The poverty of the ...
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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