The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... Venus adorned some shady arbour - and Minerva or Apollo watched by the portico . All this was very picturesque and was conceived to be classical : to scatter gods and god- desses , and fauns with cloven heels , at due distances about ...
... Venus adorned some shady arbour - and Minerva or Apollo watched by the portico . All this was very picturesque and was conceived to be classical : to scatter gods and god- desses , and fauns with cloven heels , at due distances about ...
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... Venus and the Graces ! Of Cibber's works at Chatsworth , few now remain , save those attached to the building - time and change of taste have been fatal to his freestone goddesses . 66 Those who wish minute information concerning the ...
... Venus and the Graces ! Of Cibber's works at Chatsworth , few now remain , save those attached to the building - time and change of taste have been fatal to his freestone goddesses . 66 Those who wish minute information concerning the ...
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... Venus , the dying Gladiator , the Laocoon , and the Apollo . Anxious to preserve his naked figures from stains and dust , Wilton , like Roubiliac , finished them so highly that they shone , or rather glimmered . He was likewise a ...
... Venus , the dying Gladiator , the Laocoon , and the Apollo . Anxious to preserve his naked figures from stains and dust , Wilton , like Roubiliac , finished them so highly that they shone , or rather glimmered . He was likewise a ...
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... Venus people flock as to a shrine , round them artists continually plant their easels and modelling stools ; and they are , at least , not inferior to the works of Michael Angelo . The spirit of ex- aggeration visible in so many of the ...
... Venus people flock as to a shrine , round them artists continually plant their easels and modelling stools ; and they are , at least , not inferior to the works of Michael Angelo . The spirit of ex- aggeration visible in so many of the ...
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... Venus stands on one leg only , which inflates the principal muscle , while it de- presses another into a beautiful dimple . Indeed , were the figure scrutinized by square and compass , the mathematician and anatomist must receive equal ...
... Venus stands on one leg only , which inflates the principal muscle , while it de- presses another into a beautiful dimple . Indeed , were the figure scrutinized by square and compass , the mathematician and anatomist must receive equal ...
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