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... means of travel and study . Young as he was , he had the sagacity to see that travel influenced the public opinion , and that study , and long study , was necessary for him if he really wished to excel . He knew that the master - works ...
... means of travel and study . Young as he was , he had the sagacity to see that travel influenced the public opinion , and that study , and long study , was necessary for him if he really wished to excel . He knew that the master - works ...
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... mean opinion . It was , said he , deficient in simplicity ; an air of studied affectation was breathed over it ; and the absence of the nobler spirit of painting was sought to be concealed by the petty graces and brilliancy of fine ...
... mean opinion . It was , said he , deficient in simplicity ; an air of studied affectation was breathed over it ; and the absence of the nobler spirit of painting was sought to be concealed by the petty graces and brilliancy of fine ...
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... mean and sordid member or two voted to let it lie and grow more , for it was pleasant to see riches accu- mulate . West , who happened to be a director , ap- proved of none of these notions , and with Reynolds withdrew from the ...
... mean and sordid member or two voted to let it lie and grow more , for it was pleasant to see riches accu- mulate . West , who happened to be a director , ap- proved of none of these notions , and with Reynolds withdrew from the ...
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... means of Lord Grosvenor's getting the picture , but you shall make a copy for me . " 6 West had now obtained the personal confidence of the King and the favour of the public ; his commis- sions were numerous , but of course the works ...
... means of Lord Grosvenor's getting the picture , but you shall make a copy for me . " 6 West had now obtained the personal confidence of the King and the favour of the public ; his commis- sions were numerous , but of course the works ...
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... knowledge , and his professional and general society gave him hints as to what was passing in the world of litera- ture and fashion . He made the little that he did know go far ; and found means to pass with WEST . 39.
... knowledge , and his professional and general society gave him hints as to what was passing in the world of litera- ture and fashion . He made the little that he did know go far ; and found means to pass with WEST . 39.
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Página 126 - What the hammer? What the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee...
Página 131 - Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read.
Página 150 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning...
Página 125 - Whether in heaven ye wander fair Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air, Where the melodious winds have birth...
Página 126 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Página 142 - This is an awful thing to say to oil painters ; they may call it madness, but it is true. All the genuine old little pictures, called cabinet pictures, are in fresco and not in oil.
Página 141 - Colouring does not depend on where the Colours are put, but on where the lights and darks are put, and all depends on Form or Outline. On where that is put; where that is wrong, the Colouring never can be right; and it is always wrong in Titian and Correggio, Rubens and Rembrandt.
Página 232 - Peter's, scattered into infinity of jarring parts by Bramante and his successors, he concentrated ; suspended the cupola, and to the most complex gave the air of the most simple of edifices.
Página 143 - The characters of Chaucer's Pilgrims are the characters which compose all ages and nations: as one age falls, another rises, different to mortal sight, but to immortals only the same; for we see the same characters repeated again and again, in animals, vegetables, minerals, and in men; nothing new occurs in identical existence; Accident ever varies, Substance can never suffer change nor decay. Of Chaucer's characters, as described in his Canterbury Tales...
Página 143 - Belvidere, and all the grand works of ancient art. They were executed in a very superior style to those justly admired copies, being with their accompaniments terrific and grand in the highest degree. The Artist has endeavoured to emulate the grandeur of those seen in his vision, and to apply it to modern Heroes, on a smaller scale.