General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and HistoricalPutnam, 1851 - 476 páginas |
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... celebrated by the mythologists as the governor of nature , was the parent of the arts ; and music after their system was his first- born . According to a Grecian apologue , a young girl was the first artist , who , perceiving the ...
... celebrated by the mythologists as the governor of nature , was the parent of the arts ; and music after their system was his first- born . According to a Grecian apologue , a young girl was the first artist , who , perceiving the ...
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... celebrated , are known and cherished but by the few , while the names of our eminent poets are watchwords that call up an echo in almost every heart . The highest office of poetry is to delineate the emotions and passions of the human ...
... celebrated , are known and cherished but by the few , while the names of our eminent poets are watchwords that call up an echo in almost every heart . The highest office of poetry is to delineate the emotions and passions of the human ...
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... celebrated masters materially defective in some one or more of its branches — those who possessed invention having been frequently deficient in execution ; those who studied colouring having often neglected drawing ; and those who ...
... celebrated masters materially defective in some one or more of its branches — those who possessed invention having been frequently deficient in execution ; those who studied colouring having often neglected drawing ; and those who ...
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... celebrated brethren preferred the use of oils . THE LOMBARD SCHOOL , Sometimes denominated the Bolognese or Eclectic , was estab- lished by the Caracci . It was an attempt to combine and har- monize all the beauties of the different ...
... celebrated brethren preferred the use of oils . THE LOMBARD SCHOOL , Sometimes denominated the Bolognese or Eclectic , was estab- lished by the Caracci . It was an attempt to combine and har- monize all the beauties of the different ...
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... celebrated painters and sculptors of the low countries , including Spaniards and Aus- trians . We may say , speaking generally , that this school carried to the highest point of perfection , that imitation of nature which is content ...
... celebrated painters and sculptors of the low countries , including Spaniards and Aus- trians . We may say , speaking generally , that this school carried to the highest point of perfection , that imitation of nature which is content ...
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Página 25 - The floating Clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Página 27 - A primrose by the river's brim A yellow primrose is to him, And it is nothing more...
Página 23 - Delightful Scenes, whether in Nature, Painting, or Poetry, have a kindly Influence on the Body, as well as the Mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions.
Página 307 - Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep ! He hath awakened from the dream of life. 'Tis we who, lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings. We decay Like corpses in a charnel ; fear and grief Convulse us and consume us day by day, And cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay. He has outsoared the shadow of our night.
Página 471 - The chorus in which that opera abounds gives the parterre frequent opportunities of joining in concert with the stage. This inclination of the audience to sing along with the actors, so prevails with them, that I have sometimes known the performer on the stage do no more in a celebrated song, than the clerk of a parish church, who serves only to raise the psalm, and is afterwards drowned in the music of the congregation.
Página 456 - full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Página 79 - He first introduced large drapery, flowing in an easy and natural manner : indeed he appears to be the first who discovered the path that leads to every excellence to which the Art afterwards arrived, and may therefore be justly considered as one of the Great Fathers of modern Art.
Página 124 - Lorrain finished more minutely, as becomes a Professor in any particular branch, yet there is such an airiness and facility in the landscapes of Rubens, that a painter would as soon wish to be the author of them, as those of Claude, or any other artist whatever.
Página 79 - THOUGH I have been led on to a longer digression respecting this great Painter than I intended, yet I cannot avoid mentioning another excellence which he possessed in a very eminent degree; he was as much distinguished among his contemporaries for his diligence and industry, as he was for the natural faculties of his mind. We are told, that his whole attention was absorbed in the pursuit of his art, and that he acquired the name of Masaccio*, from his total disregard to his dress, his person, and...
Página 25 - The Stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where Rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.