The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volúmenes13-14The Museum, 1918 New series v. 6-29 include 77th-100th Annual report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1946-1969-70 (previously and subsequently published separately) |
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Página 210 - Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And Time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Página 210 - O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis; And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder, When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder...
Página 21 - I do hereby give and bequeath to " The Metropolitan Museum of Art" in the City of New York, a corporation constituted and created by Chapter 197 of the Laws of 1870, of the State of New Tork, NOTE.
Página 192 - York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction and recreation.
Página 21 - After careful consideration, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the city of New York, and the Actors' Fund of America, are selected, in my judgment, as worthy objects.
Página 142 - ... Impressions work on the Imagination: And, what is yet more disadvantageous to the Painter, not only First Impressions, but many Years intimate Acquaintance with the old Piece, has probably So fixed that Likeness in the Mind, that, were Mr. Pitt himself to be of a Sudden present, and appear a Contrast to those Pieces, there would not be a total Want of weak Minds, who might even struggle to conceive he was like himself — preferring the Likeness with which they were so intimate. But between the...
Página 250 - In the year 1788 was published the "Cabinet-Maker's and Upholsterer's Guide." But notwithstanding the late date of Hepplewhite's book, if we compare some of the designs, particularly the chairs, we shall find that the work has already caught the decline, and perhaps in a little while will suddenly die in disorder.
Página 20 - Urns and odours bring away ! Vapours, sighs, darken the day ! Our dole more deadly looks than dying; Balms, and gums, and heavy cheers, Sacred vials fill'd with tears, And clamours through the wild air flying! Come, all sad and solemn shows, That are quick-eyed pleasure 's foes ! We convent nought else but woes.
Página 184 - I went and introduced myself to him, as a person just beginning to paint portraits, he received me very politely. I found in his room a considerable number of portraits, many of them highly finished ; he lent me a head done, representing by candle light, which I copied.
Página 184 - John Smibert, Painter Sells all Sorts of Colours, dry or ground, with oils and Brushes, Frames of several Sorts, the best metzotinto, Italian, French, Dutch and English Prints, in Frames and Glasses, or without, by wholesale or Retail, at Reasonable Rates; at his House in Queen Street between the Town-House and the Orange Tree, Boston.