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works of their apprentices were bought at extravagant prices , merely because the picture - dealer palmed them off ... pictures presented by each member on his election . Of these , not more than five or six had ever been engraved ; and ...
works of their apprentices were bought at extravagant prices , merely because the picture - dealer palmed them off ... pictures presented by each member on his election . Of these , not more than five or six had ever been engraved ; and ...
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... picture . A relish or feeling for this abstract quality in Art is an acquired taste , and , like many of the most exquisite pleasures derived from men- tal pursuits , is less an affair of reason than prejudice : hence , what is a source ...
... picture . A relish or feeling for this abstract quality in Art is an acquired taste , and , like many of the most exquisite pleasures derived from men- tal pursuits , is less an affair of reason than prejudice : hence , what is a source ...
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... picture , but a picture " delectable to behold . " It is not with pigments , oils and varnishes alone that a picture is wrought . Reynolds , Titian , Rembrandt and Wilson , mixed their colours with genius ; and painted , not only with ...
... picture , but a picture " delectable to behold . " It is not with pigments , oils and varnishes alone that a picture is wrought . Reynolds , Titian , Rembrandt and Wilson , mixed their colours with genius ; and painted , not only with ...
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... picture , and are painted with a perfection of touch , almost vying with nature . Hills , too , was of the party ; who after rambling in his accustomed haunts amongst the King's stags at Swinley , sedulously watching their habits , as ...
... picture , and are painted with a perfection of touch , almost vying with nature . Hills , too , was of the party ; who after rambling in his accustomed haunts amongst the King's stags at Swinley , sedulously watching their habits , as ...
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... picture have sky , earth , trees and water , to be a landscape . But in reality , these no more form a true landscape , than a number of unmeaning figures put together indiscriminately on a canvass , could be said to form an historical ...
... picture have sky , earth , trees and water , to be a landscape . But in reality , these no more form a true landscape , than a number of unmeaning figures put together indiscriminately on a canvass , could be said to form an historical ...
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