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... perhaps excepted . The works of Raphael grow daily more interesting , natural , and noble . " At Parma he was elected a member of the Aca demy -- an honour which Florence and Bologna had conferred 26 EMINENT PAINTERS .
... perhaps excepted . The works of Raphael grow daily more interesting , natural , and noble . " At Parma he was elected a member of the Aca demy -- an honour which Florence and Bologna had conferred 26 EMINENT PAINTERS .
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... perhaps in fame , for those days of toil and nights of study , in which he painted and pored over history , sacred and profane , and he closed his eyes on all else save elaborate outlines and the effect of light and shade . He was now ...
... perhaps in fame , for those days of toil and nights of study , in which he painted and pored over history , sacred and profane , and he closed his eyes on all else save elaborate outlines and the effect of light and shade . He was now ...
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... perhaps , were welcome ; and the owners of our galleries were unwilling to make room for such enormous pieces on Scripture subjects . There was no market for the manufacture . Few were tempted to become purchasers , though many were ...
... perhaps , were welcome ; and the owners of our galleries were unwilling to make room for such enormous pieces on Scripture subjects . There was no market for the manufacture . Few were tempted to become purchasers , though many were ...
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... perhaps fortune , lay open before him . Burke had praised his works , and assured him of his protection , and he had only to walk circumspectly , and act with prudence , to be- come an honour to his native land . Dr. Sleigh , of Cork ...
... perhaps fortune , lay open before him . Burke had praised his works , and assured him of his protection , and he had only to walk circumspectly , and act with prudence , to be- come an honour to his native land . Dr. Sleigh , of Cork ...
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... perhaps a greater passion for the ancients than they have , generally speaking , judg- ment to distinguish among them , those in whose hands they fall here , and to whom their commis- sions are sent , take care to provide heads with ...
... perhaps a greater passion for the ancients than they have , generally speaking , judg- ment to distinguish among them , those in whose hands they fall here , and to whom their commis- sions are sent , take care to provide heads with ...
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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.