General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and HistoricalPutnam, 1851 - 476 páginas |
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... touch of golden wires . " The break of the metre in the first line is half its beauty . It brings the ear attent to hear - what ? The touch of golden wires . Unshorn Apollo - what an humble epithet ! yet , who would attempt to ...
... touch of golden wires . " The break of the metre in the first line is half its beauty . It brings the ear attent to hear - what ? The touch of golden wires . Unshorn Apollo - what an humble epithet ! yet , who would attempt to ...
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... touching the celestial golden lyre , and hear the united harmony of all that high bards have sung . And all this , too , in a moment of time , even as the eye glances over the lines . Such is the winged power of art , it can transport ...
... touching the celestial golden lyre , and hear the united harmony of all that high bards have sung . And all this , too , in a moment of time , even as the eye glances over the lines . Such is the winged power of art , it can transport ...
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... touching , & c . , so pictures may present all vari- eties , from the elevated productions of a Michael Angelo to the image of a single dew - drop , a leaf , or a feather . Objects which attract no attention and are of little interest ...
... touching , & c . , so pictures may present all vari- eties , from the elevated productions of a Michael Angelo to the image of a single dew - drop , a leaf , or a feather . Objects which attract no attention and are of little interest ...
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... touch , and correct eye for nature . They sought out those scenes in landscape , as well as other sub- jects , wherein the contrasts and assimilations or combinations of colour presented the opportunity of exhibiting their greatest ...
... touch , and correct eye for nature . They sought out those scenes in landscape , as well as other sub- jects , wherein the contrasts and assimilations or combinations of colour presented the opportunity of exhibiting their greatest ...
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... touch the ambiguous line of a squeamish sense . Taste and smell , as sources of tragic emotion , and , in consequence of their power , commanding gesture , seem scarcely admissible in art , or on the theatre , because their extremes are ...
... touch the ambiguous line of a squeamish sense . Taste and smell , as sources of tragic emotion , and , in consequence of their power , commanding gesture , seem scarcely admissible in art , or on the theatre , because their extremes are ...
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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.