The Life of Sir David Wilkie: With His Journals, Tours, and Critical Remarks on Works of Art; and a Selection from His Correspondence, Volumen3J. Murray, 1843 |
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... light , the poor and the laboured shadow . I hope when Turner gets to Rome he will for once try to leave the haze and the fog of London behind him . D. W. Littleness of object - multitudes of detail - the white and the flat light - the ...
... light , the poor and the laboured shadow . I hope when Turner gets to Rome he will for once try to leave the haze and the fog of London behind him . D. W. Littleness of object - multitudes of detail - the white and the flat light - the ...
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... light , and the soft- ness of the outline , also disused , are here finely exem- plified . It appears to me to be painted with a great deal of wax , a vehicle that contributes much to both these qualities . Of art I cannot tell you much ...
... light , and the soft- ness of the outline , also disused , are here finely exem- plified . It appears to me to be painted with a great deal of wax , a vehicle that contributes much to both these qualities . Of art I cannot tell you much ...
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... light reading . In general I contrive to get rid of it , though the fits must be longer , and the gloom deeper , as life loses its sources of enjoyment , and age claws us in his clutch . So , according to our old wives ' proverb , " we ...
... light reading . In general I contrive to get rid of it , though the fits must be longer , and the gloom deeper , as life loses its sources of enjoyment , and age claws us in his clutch . So , according to our old wives ' proverb , " we ...
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... being the chief and only light , and had that imposing effect , that it looked a dozen times better than when I first saw it at Tagliafico's . This , I find , has been much admired , and I only wonder that 22 1829 . THE LIFE OF.
... being the chief and only light , and had that imposing effect , that it looked a dozen times better than when I first saw it at Tagliafico's . This , I find , has been much admired , and I only wonder that 22 1829 . THE LIFE OF.
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... lights . The half - length Sebastian del Piombo at Genoa , gave me a hint for the style and air of the figure . The colour and effect , when in my room , was satisfactory ; and I hope it will keep its ground in Somerset House . The ...
... lights . The half - length Sebastian del Piombo at Genoa , gave me a hint for the style and air of the figure . The colour and effect , when in my room , was satisfactory ; and I hope it will keep its ground in Somerset House . The ...
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Página 378 - If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Página 142 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 81 - Juan Perez de Marchena, happening to pass by, was struck with the appearance of the stranger, and observing from his air and accent that he was a foreigner, entered into conversation with him, and soon learned the particulars of his story. That stranger was Columbus.
Página 373 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Página 371 - ... to refer at once to the localities of Scripture events, when the great work is to be essayed of representing Scripture history. Great as the assistance, I might say the inspiration, which the art of painting has derived from the illustration of Christianity, and great as the talent and genius have been this high walk of art has called into being, yet it is remarkable that none of the great painters to whom the world has hitherto looked for the visible appearance of Scripture scenes and feelings...
Página 272 - Castle and the Old Town, brought within the cliffs of the Trosachs and watered by a river like the Tay.
Página 18 - Wilkie alone could have painted, with that exquisite feeling of nature that characterizes his enchanting productions. The body was laid in its coffin within the wooden bedstead which the young fisher had occupied while alive. At a little distance stood the father, whose rugged weather-beaten countenance, shaded by his...
Página 372 - Judea, 2,500 feet above the level of the sea. Except the Mount of Olives scarce any hill near rises above her. Her walls, which encompass her on every side, are higher and more superb than any city walls I have ever seen. The square towers of her gates recall those of Windsor Castle ; while their lengthened elevation, with the spires and cupolas they enclose, would have arrested the Poussins and Claudes in preference to all other cities. Her streets are stonebuilt, massive, surmounted by arches,...
Página 9 - The applause of the exquisite few is better than that of the ignorant many, but I like to reverse received maxims. Give me the many who have admired in different ages Raphael and Claude, and I will give up the exquisite few who can admit of no deterioration of a system that has not yet the trial of time to recommend it : take simplicity from art, and away goes all its influence.