General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and HistoricalPutnam, 1851 - 476 páginas |
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... less sensual , more benevolent , more alive to the beauties of nature and truth , should be as generally cultivated as possible . The following work is intended to diffuse a taste for such studies , by gathering into a small compass ...
... less sensual , more benevolent , more alive to the beauties of nature and truth , should be as generally cultivated as possible . The following work is intended to diffuse a taste for such studies , by gathering into a small compass ...
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... less indispensable , though not less valuable , arts of architecture , sculpture , and painting . So many volumes were attributed to him , that no human being could possibly have composed them . All the successive improvements in ...
... less indispensable , though not less valuable , arts of architecture , sculpture , and painting . So many volumes were attributed to him , that no human being could possibly have composed them . All the successive improvements in ...
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... less importunate cravings of his inte..ectual nature called for gratification . However long , Adam and Eve may have dwelt in the garden of delights , before the fall , we can hardly suppose that they turned their attention in any way ...
... less importunate cravings of his inte..ectual nature called for gratification . However long , Adam and Eve may have dwelt in the garden of delights , before the fall , we can hardly suppose that they turned their attention in any way ...
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... less toilsome seeking after pleasure , are not sufficient to fill the desires of the human soul . Neither , indeed , can earth , with all its stores of nature and art , give it a safe resting - place ; its goal is beyond the confines of ...
... less toilsome seeking after pleasure , are not sufficient to fill the desires of the human soul . Neither , indeed , can earth , with all its stores of nature and art , give it a safe resting - place ; its goal is beyond the confines of ...
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... less imbued with its peculiar charac- teristics , which are , vivacity and truth of colour , perfect distribution of light and shade , boldness of touch , and correct eye for nature . They sought out those scenes in landscape , as well ...
... less imbued with its peculiar charac- teristics , which are , vivacity and truth of colour , perfect distribution of light and shade , boldness of touch , and correct eye for nature . They sought out those scenes in landscape , as well ...
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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.