A Classified Synopsis of the Principal Painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, Their Scholars, Imitators, and Analogists: Including an Account of Some of the Early German Masters, Connected with Those of Flanders and HollandH.G. Bohn, 1855 - 416 pages |
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Page viii
... amateur of paintings in acquiring a knowledge of the works of the Dutch and Flemish masters . In order to do this effectively , it has been deemed necessary to commence with a synoptical view of those painters who are universally ...
... amateur of paintings in acquiring a knowledge of the works of the Dutch and Flemish masters . In order to do this effectively , it has been deemed necessary to commence with a synoptical view of those painters who are universally ...
Page ix
... amateur may pass to the compositions of figures by Teniers , Ostade , Jan Steen , and Adrian Brauwer . In the pictures by these masters are seen skilful compositions , rich and harmonious colouring , and masterly execution , not ...
... amateur may pass to the compositions of figures by Teniers , Ostade , Jan Steen , and Adrian Brauwer . In the pictures by these masters are seen skilful compositions , rich and harmonious colouring , and masterly execution , not ...
Page xi
... amateur should be chiefly directed . By making himself well acquaint- ed with their works he obtains a standard by which all others may be estimated ; his eye is formed , and he readily perceives what is excellent or defective in the ...
... amateur should be chiefly directed . By making himself well acquaint- ed with their works he obtains a standard by which all others may be estimated ; his eye is formed , and he readily perceives what is excellent or defective in the ...
Page xiii
... Amateurs should be wary of listening to the opinions of illiterate persons who pretend to connoisseurship because they ... amateur's acquirement of the knowledge of the works of the most distinguished of the Dutch and Flemish painters ...
... Amateurs should be wary of listening to the opinions of illiterate persons who pretend to connoisseurship because they ... amateur's acquirement of the knowledge of the works of the most distinguished of the Dutch and Flemish painters ...
Page xiv
... amateurs be better instructed than they are likely to be by what the gallery now exhibits . It is appre- hended that the opportunity of obtaining fine specimens of these masters , by purchase , has been suffered to pass , whether from ...
... amateurs be better instructed than they are likely to be by what the gallery now exhibits . It is appre- hended that the opportunity of obtaining fine specimens of these masters , by purchase , has been suffered to pass , whether from ...
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