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 xviii
... appear unusually vigorous , so much so , as to be frequently considered , even when represent- ed with the most perfect attention to truth , to be violent and unnatural . Such is frequently the case in the fine landscapes of Rubens and ...
... appear unusually vigorous , so much so , as to be frequently considered , even when represent- ed with the most perfect attention to truth , to be violent and unnatural . Such is frequently the case in the fine landscapes of Rubens and ...
Page xix
... appears in making choice of those attitudes in his pictures which display , as far as circumstances will permit , the most beautiful delineation of the figure . BACK - GROUND . This term is applied to the field or space of the picture ...
... appears in making choice of those attitudes in his pictures which display , as far as circumstances will permit , the most beautiful delineation of the figure . BACK - GROUND . This term is applied to the field or space of the picture ...
Page xx
... appear that can diminish the interest inspired by the event . BAMBOCCIATE . The Italians call by this name subjects representing fairs , drolleries , and village feasts . This appel- lation appears to have originated in the admiration ...
... appear that can diminish the interest inspired by the event . BAMBOCCIATE . The Italians call by this name subjects representing fairs , drolleries , and village feasts . This appel- lation appears to have originated in the admiration ...
Page xxiv
... appears to be sufficiently explicit in itself , as to its general signification ; but , in order to give a more precise definition of it , it may be necessary to observe , that every colour may be divided into shades or tints , which ...
... appears to be sufficiently explicit in itself , as to its general signification ; but , in order to give a more precise definition of it , it may be necessary to observe , that every colour may be divided into shades or tints , which ...
Page xxv
... appears to have been the case with some of the greatest masters who have practised the art . That this defect is not always produced by want of talent , we have a striking proof in the example of Raffaelle , whose earliest works partake ...
... appears to have been the case with some of the greatest masters who have practised the art . That this defect is not always produced by want of talent , we have a striking proof in the example of Raffaelle , whose earliest works partake ...
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