The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... executed the companion vase . Sculptors of skill and antiquaries of taste have in vain endeavoured to determine which is the work of Cibber - the vases are both beautiful , and the sculpture remains sharp and uninjured , owing , in a ...
... executed the companion vase . Sculptors of skill and antiquaries of taste have in vain endeavoured to determine which is the work of Cibber - the vases are both beautiful , and the sculpture remains sharp and uninjured , owing , in a ...
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... execution must have been in- trusted to such inferior workmen as provincial prices and fame could tempt from Italy . To make a coarse copy of a fine original seems to have been all that art aspired to accomplish in Roman Britain . When ...
... execution must have been in- trusted to such inferior workmen as provincial prices and fame could tempt from Italy . To make a coarse copy of a fine original seems to have been all that art aspired to accomplish in Roman Britain . When ...
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... execution , among all the productions of the island . Those who see them for the first time are fixed to the spot with terror and awe ; an impression is made on the heart never to be removed ; nor is the impression of a vulgar kind ...
... execution , among all the productions of the island . Those who see them for the first time are fixed to the spot with terror and awe ; an impression is made on the heart never to be removed ; nor is the impression of a vulgar kind ...
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... executed under the superintendence of Bishop Josceline , in 1242 . " The west front of this church , " says Flaxman , * " equally testifies the piety and comprehension of the bishop's mind . The sculpture presents the no- blest , most ...
... executed under the superintendence of Bishop Josceline , in 1242 . " The west front of this church , " says Flaxman , * " equally testifies the piety and comprehension of the bishop's mind . The sculpture presents the no- blest , most ...
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... execution of such a work , due regard must be paid to the circumstances under which it was pro- duced , in comparison with those of our own times . There were neither prints nor printed books to as- sist the artist ; the sculptor could ...
... execution of such a work , due regard must be paid to the circumstances under which it was pro- duced , in comparison with those of our own times . There were neither prints nor printed books to as- sist the artist ; the sculptor could ...
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