The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... 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 , birds , and beasts , were mingled freely with fruits , leaves , flowers ; yet all was ...
... 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 , birds , and beasts , were mingled freely with fruits , leaves , flowers ; yet all was ...
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... 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 for board and wine ...
... 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 for board and wine ...
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... ment with bas - reliefs - he ornamented the fountain in Soho Square , and he carved one of those splendid vases in the Garden of Hampton Court . This last work , tradition says , was made in rivalry with an- other artist - Valadier by ...
... ment with bas - reliefs - he ornamented the fountain in Soho Square , and he carved one of those splendid vases in the Garden of Hampton Court . This last work , tradition says , was made in rivalry with an- other artist - Valadier by ...
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... ment of value which he proposed to raise -- the merits of the living artists were discussed -- the sculp- tor of Lyons was recalled to memory - an invitation was given , promises were made , and Roubiliac came over . Some have ...
... ment of value which he proposed to raise -- the merits of the living artists were discussed -- the sculp- tor of Lyons was recalled to memory - an invitation was given , promises were made , and Roubiliac came over . Some have ...
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... ment of Wade is composed of a pillar adorned with military trophies : Time eagerly approaches to pull it down , but Fame pushes the old anarch back and protects it . Both these works were erected by order of government , and either cost ...
... ment of Wade is composed of a pillar adorned with military trophies : Time eagerly approaches to pull it down , but Fame pushes the old anarch back and protects it . Both these works were erected by order of government , and either cost ...
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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