The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... figures of men , & c . I found he was likewise musical ; and very civil , sober , and discreet in his discourse . There was only an old woman in his house . " The genius of the man , and the gentleness of his manners , made such an ...
... figures of men , & c . I found he was likewise musical ; and very civil , sober , and discreet in his discourse . There was only an old woman in his house . " The genius of the man , and the gentleness of his manners , made such an ...
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... figures of men , angels , birds , and beasts , were mingled freely with fruits , leaves , flowers ; yet all was subordinate to the architecture and in keeping with the character of the whole edifice . The expense would indeed be ...
... figures of men , angels , birds , and beasts , were mingled freely with fruits , leaves , flowers ; yet all was subordinate to the architecture and in keeping with the character of the whole edifice . The expense would indeed be ...
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... figure must dictate the dimensions and projec- tions of the basis - long experience has pointed out this as the only safe and true rule , and Gibbons seems to have found it and followed it . Having succeeded so admirably in pedestals ...
... figure must dictate the dimensions and projec- tions of the basis - long experience has pointed out this as the only safe and true rule , and Gibbons seems to have found it and followed it . Having succeeded so admirably in pedestals ...
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... Exton in Rut- landshire . It cost a thousand pounds , is twenty- two feet high and fourteen wide . There are two figures of him and his lady , and bas - reliefs of their children . " But his chief excellence lay in orna- GIBBONS . 11.
... Exton in Rut- landshire . It cost a thousand pounds , is twenty- two feet high and fourteen wide . There are two figures of him and his lady , and bas - reliefs of their children . " But his chief excellence lay in orna- GIBBONS . 11.
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... figures in the pedi- ment , each of them four tons of stone , £ 140 for both ; for a round statue with a boy on his shoulder , £ 60 ; for two dogs , £ 8 each ; for twelve Cæsar's heads , £ 5 a piece ; my Lord Kingston did after this pay ...
... figures in the pedi- ment , each of them four tons of stone , £ 140 for both ; for a round statue with a boy on his shoulder , £ 60 ; for two dogs , £ 8 each ; for twelve Cæsar's heads , £ 5 a piece ; my Lord Kingston did after this pay ...
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Achilles admiration Alexander Johnston allegory ancient angels antique appeared artist Bacon Banks beauty bust bust sculpture carved character Chatsworth chisel Church Cibber clay Damer daughter designs dignity divine drapery drawings Duke Edward Walpole elegance Elgin marbles eminent executed exhibited fame father favourite feeling figures Flaxman gallery gave genius Gibbons Gothic grace Greece groups guineas hand head hero Hesiod Homer honour Horace Walpole imagined imbody Italy John Flaxman Joseph Nollekens labour lady living look Lord Lord Castlereagh loved magnificent marble ment merit Michael Angelo mind monu monument nature never noble Nollekens painter painting pedestal person Phidias plaster pleased poet poetic poetry portrait pounds praise Rome Roubiliac Royal Academy says Smith sculp sculptor seems sentiment simplicity sketches skilful skill spirit splendid statue talents taste thing thought thousand guineas tion ture Venus Walpole Westminster Abbey wife Wilton workmanship