An Inquiry Into the Beauties of Painting: And Into the Merits of the Most Celebrated Painters, Ancient and ModernR. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - 200 páginas |
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... first proves , that our fpirit co - operates with that of the ar- tift ; the second fhews nothing more , than , that we have eyes , and that we use them to very little purpose . If these errors appear in the fame light to my reader ...
... first proves , that our fpirit co - operates with that of the ar- tift ; the second fhews nothing more , than , that we have eyes , and that we use them to very little purpose . If these errors appear in the fame light to my reader ...
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... first ,, is the mechanick or executive part of the art ; the fecond , the ideal or inventive . [ a ] Tully has juftly diftinguished thofe [ a ] Nec verò ille artifex , quum faceret Jovis form- am aut Minervæ , contemplabatur aliquem è ...
... first ,, is the mechanick or executive part of the art ; the fecond , the ideal or inventive . [ a ] Tully has juftly diftinguished thofe [ a ] Nec verò ille artifex , quum faceret Jovis form- am aut Minervæ , contemplabatur aliquem è ...
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... First then " we will examine our capacity to judge of the imitative arts ; to determine which , we must previously fix the limits between tafte and science . In the next place , we may confider the true value of these arts , which must ...
... First then " we will examine our capacity to judge of the imitative arts ; to determine which , we must previously fix the limits between tafte and science . In the next place , we may confider the true value of these arts , which must ...
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... first fetting out , ever prefers extravagance to juftnefs , or falfe beauties to true ; it kindles at the flashes of Clau- dian ; and flutters at the points of Sta- tius ; this is its childhood . As it grows in vigour , it refines in ...
... first fetting out , ever prefers extravagance to juftnefs , or falfe beauties to true ; it kindles at the flashes of Clau- dian ; and flutters at the points of Sta- tius ; this is its childhood . As it grows in vigour , it refines in ...
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... first , fhould , in a fhort course of time , act fo coldly upon us : Nay , fome men there are , and thofe too very capable of judging in other matters , who never rife to this change ; but continue , to the laft , under the influence of ...
... first , fhould , in a fhort course of time , act fo coldly upon us : Nay , fome men there are , and thofe too very capable of judging in other matters , who never rife to this change ; but continue , to the laft , under the influence of ...
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Æneid Afpafia ancients Apelles artiſts beauty beſt cafe character circumftances Clear obfcure colours compariſon compofition confifts Correggio courſe Cymbeline defcribe defcription defign diftinction diſtinguiſh effect elegant Euphranor excellent expreffed expreffion fame fays fecond feelings feem fenfe fenfible fentiments fhades fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fome fpirit fpring ftudied fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofe genius give grace greateſt Greek happineſs harmony himſelf ideas imagination imitation impreffions inftance itſelf juft juſt laft laſt lefs loft mafter meaſure Medea merit moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature obferve objects occafion OVID paffage paffions painters painting perfect perfon Phidias picture pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Plin Pliny Plutarch Poet poetry praiſe Praxiteles prefent racter Raphael reaſon reft reprefent ſeem Shakeſpear ſhall taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Timanthes Timomachus tion Titian underſtand uſe verfe verſe whofe γαρ δε εν και μεν
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Página 45 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Página 41 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Página 110 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Página 15 - The infernal Serpent ! he it was, whose guile, Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind, what time his pride Had cast him out from Heaven...
Página 21 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor: one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Página 43 - The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious' war ! And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats Th' immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 23 - Of heav'nly pow'rs were touch'd with human fate! But go! thy flight no longer I detain — Go! seek thy promis'd kingdom through the main!
Página 55 - The downy feather, on the cordage hung, Moves not; the flat sea shines like yellow gold, Fus'd in the fire ; or like the marble floor 'Of some old temple wide.
Página 77 - You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And yourself too ; but 'tis not like a friend To hide your soul from me-. 'Tis not your nature To be thus idle : I have seen you stand As you were blasted 'midst of all your mirth ; Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly ! — World, what do I here ? a friend Is nothing.
Página 123 - In thefe principles, and in the examples by which they have been fupported, we fee clearly the reafon why every enlightened age has had, and muft continue to have, its original Writers. We have no right, therefore, to complain that nature is always the fame, or that the fources of novelty have been exhaufted. It is in Poetry as in Philofophy, new relations are ftruck out, new influences difcovered, and every fuperior genius moves in a world of his own.