The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... excelled , and claims precedence almost over every other painter . It is observed by De Piles , that the merit of Guido consisted in that moving and persuasive beauty , which did not so much proceed from a regularity of features as from ...
... excelled , and claims precedence almost over every other painter . It is observed by De Piles , that the merit of Guido consisted in that moving and persuasive beauty , which did not so much proceed from a regularity of features as from ...
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... excelled in those of Arnolphe , Orgon , Harpagon , & c . It was in those characters that , by the intelligence , his accurate concep- tion and strength of colouring which he displayed , he often so deceived the spectators as to render ...
... excelled in those of Arnolphe , Orgon , Harpagon , & c . It was in those characters that , by the intelligence , his accurate concep- tion and strength of colouring which he displayed , he often so deceived the spectators as to render ...
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... copyist , in which he excelled by the beauty of his writing . But better times soon opened to view . His Metromania , which ap- peared in 1738 , secured his reputation . This ingenious composition combines , in a very high degree , an 59.
... copyist , in which he excelled by the beauty of his writing . But better times soon opened to view . His Metromania , which ap- peared in 1738 , secured his reputation . This ingenious composition combines , in a very high degree , an 59.
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... excelled only in colouring ; and Titian's chief merit was in colouring , and a faithful imi- tation of nature . We cannot , therefore , refuse to assign the palm of merit to Raphael , who thus possessed the most sublime and important ...
... excelled only in colouring ; and Titian's chief merit was in colouring , and a faithful imi- tation of nature . We cannot , therefore , refuse to assign the palm of merit to Raphael , who thus possessed the most sublime and important ...
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... excelled him in the neatness of his touch , and the clear transparency of his colouring . No one knew better how to give to every object its appropriate features and dress ; no one had a more original genius , or possessed a greater ...
... excelled him in the neatness of his touch , and the clear transparency of his colouring . No one knew better how to give to every object its appropriate features and dress ; no one had a more original genius , or possessed a greater ...
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