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 ix
... beauty of execution , but also for the peculiar characteristics of each , in order to avoid mistakes , induced by many similarities among them . Acknowledged connoisseurs have been frequently deceived in thus mistaking the work of one ...
... beauty of execution , but also for the peculiar characteristics of each , in order to avoid mistakes , induced by many similarities among them . Acknowledged connoisseurs have been frequently deceived in thus mistaking the work of one ...
Page xvii
... beauty and perfection of the whole , and which are , in some degree , explanatory of the subject . For this purpose the artist makes choice of those circumstantial objects which are immediately relative to the action he is to represent ...
... beauty and perfection of the whole , and which are , in some degree , explanatory of the subject . For this purpose the artist makes choice of those circumstantial objects which are immediately relative to the action he is to represent ...
Page xxii
... beauty and expression of the work , diminishes the effect of both . A composition is said to be confused when it is loaded with objects which interfere with each other by their dis- position or multiplicity . A composition is conceived ...
... beauty and expression of the work , diminishes the effect of both . A composition is said to be confused when it is loaded with objects which interfere with each other by their dis- position or multiplicity . A composition is conceived ...
Page xxiii
... beauty of the art , consists in the exact observance of the just proportions of the figure , as established by the models of selected nature , or the chefs d'œuvre of antiquity . It is further exemplified by giving more or less of beauty ...
... beauty of the art , consists in the exact observance of the just proportions of the figure , as established by the models of selected nature , or the chefs d'œuvre of antiquity . It is further exemplified by giving more or less of beauty ...
Page xxv
... beauty and dignity . Elegance is nearly the opposite to stiff- ness , and consists , in a great degree , in a graceful suppleness and flexibility . EXPRESSION , is the representation of the human frame under the impression of a ...
... beauty and dignity . Elegance is nearly the opposite to stiff- ness , and consists , in a great degree , in a graceful suppleness and flexibility . EXPRESSION , is the representation of the human frame under the impression of a ...
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