The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... same hand , and has been much admired for the beauty of its proportions , as well as for the elegance and boldness of its carvings . The ornamental part is nevertheless commonplace . The Windsor pedestal belongs GIBBONS . 9.
... same hand , and has been much admired for the beauty of its proportions , as well as for the elegance and boldness of its carvings . The ornamental part is nevertheless commonplace . The Windsor pedestal belongs GIBBONS . 9.
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... beauty- and there are few pedestals which suit the burdens they bear . The size , the position , and character of the figure must dictate the dimensions and projec- tions of the basis - long experience has pointed out this as the only ...
... beauty- and there are few pedestals which suit the burdens they bear . The size , the position , and character of the figure must dictate the dimensions and projec- tions of the basis - long experience has pointed out this as the only ...
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... beauty which can afford to go in plain attire . We miss the massive splendour and pic- turesque effect of Gibbons's festoons . Our eyes grow weary gazing on naked walls and unadorned en- tablatures ; bald simplicity , in short , has few ...
... beauty which can afford to go in plain attire . We miss the massive splendour and pic- turesque effect of Gibbons's festoons . Our eyes grow weary gazing on naked walls and unadorned en- tablatures ; bald simplicity , in short , has few ...
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... beauty of Chatsworth is great - on one side rolls a fine river , on the other rises abrupt and high a vast range of hill and wood - behind are scattered im- mense masses of rock , while in the front are dropped in nature's careless ...
... beauty of Chatsworth is great - on one side rolls a fine river , on the other rises abrupt and high a vast range of hill and wood - behind are scattered im- mense masses of rock , while in the front are dropped in nature's careless ...
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... beauty , even of marble , in a few seasons , and with the outward grace , much that the many admire sculpture for has departed . So it fared with Cib- ber's labours in groves and gardens - patrons were taught prudence by experience ...
... beauty , even of marble , in a few seasons , and with the outward grace , much that the many admire sculpture for has departed . So it fared with Cib- ber's labours in groves and gardens - patrons were taught prudence by experience ...
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