The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... colouring , and charm of execution , he surpassed them by the cor- rectness of his design , the choice and elevation of his thoughts , and the dignity of his expression . He was , however , far from attaining the purity of the antique ...
... colouring , and charm of execution , he surpassed them by the cor- rectness of his design , the choice and elevation of his thoughts , and the dignity of his expression . He was , however , far from attaining the purity of the antique ...
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... colouring , it offers but little real instruction : the author loses himself in idle dissertations . His allegorical programs are too com- plicated and multiplied . Lairesse painted at Liege , Utrecht , and Amsterdam ; and finished his ...
... colouring , it offers but little real instruction : the author loses himself in idle dissertations . His allegorical programs are too com- plicated and multiplied . Lairesse painted at Liege , Utrecht , and Amsterdam ; and finished his ...
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... colouring which he displayed , he often so deceived the spectators as to render them unable to distinguish between the comedian and the personage he represented . He therefore , in general , selected for himself the longest and the most ...
... colouring which he displayed , he often so deceived the spectators as to render them unable to distinguish between the comedian and the personage he represented . He therefore , in general , selected for himself the longest and the most ...
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... colouring, or odd and singular attitudes of an inferior artist, strike us at first sight, because we have not been accustomed to see them elsewhere. And to illustrate this point, he compares Raphael to Virgil; sublime, easy, natural ...
... colouring, or odd and singular attitudes of an inferior artist, strike us at first sight, because we have not been accustomed to see them elsewhere. And to illustrate this point, he compares Raphael to Virgil; sublime, easy, natural ...
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... colouring proper for each ob- ject ; that colouring not being sufficiently supported by a powerful chiaro - scuro . But Montesquieu accounts for it ITALY . ] RAPHAEL . in a different manner : * Monsieur de Valincourt . RAPHAEL ...
... colouring proper for each ob- ject ; that colouring not being sufficiently supported by a powerful chiaro - scuro . But Montesquieu accounts for it ITALY . ] RAPHAEL . in a different manner : * Monsieur de Valincourt . RAPHAEL ...
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