The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... Gothic , or the picturesque and classic style of Vanburgh , that architectural enrich- ment will ever be with us what it has been . The grandeur of the Gothic admitted such embellish- ments , even to excess - figures of men , angels ...
... Gothic , or the picturesque and classic style of Vanburgh , that architectural enrich- ment will ever be with us what it has been . The grandeur of the Gothic admitted such embellish- ments , even to excess - figures of men , angels ...
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... grouping , and vivid richness and propriety of appli- cation , he was far surpassed by those intrepid artists who embellished our old abbeys and cathedrals . In comparing his works with those Gothic carvings the remark of B2 GIBBONS . 17.
... grouping , and vivid richness and propriety of appli- cation , he was far surpassed by those intrepid artists who embellished our old abbeys and cathedrals . In comparing his works with those Gothic carvings the remark of B2 GIBBONS . 17.
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... garlands ; whereas the grove - like state- liness and harmonious variety of the Gothic carry fruits and flowers as naturally as trees bear leaf and bloom . CAIUS GABRIEL CIBBER . THE ready wit and energetic style 18 EMINENT SCULPTORS .
... garlands ; whereas the grove - like state- liness and harmonious variety of the Gothic carry fruits and flowers as naturally as trees bear leaf and bloom . CAIUS GABRIEL CIBBER . THE ready wit and energetic style 18 EMINENT SCULPTORS .
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... Gothic sculpture erected in England . It was built by Henry VII . to receive his tomb ; and the tomb and chapel were worthy of each other . They were the united work of English and Italian artists , and exhibited once , it is said , the ...
... Gothic sculpture erected in England . It was built by Henry VII . to receive his tomb ; and the tomb and chapel were worthy of each other . They were the united work of English and Italian artists , and exhibited once , it is said , the ...
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... Gothic architecture what the blossom is to the leaf . It was subordinate indeed to the masonry , or rather the conception of the whole was so much the effort of one mind , that the sculp- ture seemed tame when removed from the conse ...
... Gothic architecture what the blossom is to the leaf . It was subordinate indeed to the masonry , or rather the conception of the whole was so much the effort of one mind , that the sculp- ture seemed tame when removed from the conse ...
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