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 xiii
... employ them on all occasions , but seldom with much propriety . In describing the works of the principal masters under their several heads , some of their well - known pictures were kept in view , so that their general mode of ...
... employ them on all occasions , but seldom with much propriety . In describing the works of the principal masters under their several heads , some of their well - known pictures were kept in view , so that their general mode of ...
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... employed in fabulous or mythological representations . It is successfully used also in subjects taken from the poets , who have themselves made use of similar illusion . It sometimes happens , that when allegory is not treated with ...
... employed in fabulous or mythological representations . It is successfully used also in subjects taken from the poets , who have themselves made use of similar illusion . It sometimes happens , that when allegory is not treated with ...
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... employed in the Vatican , adopted the idea , by orna- menting in that style some of the galleries serving as passages in that palace . The Italian word Grotesca or Grotesco is preferable to the French grotesque , especially as the ...
... employed in the Vatican , adopted the idea , by orna- menting in that style some of the galleries serving as passages in that palace . The Italian word Grotesca or Grotesco is preferable to the French grotesque , especially as the ...
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... employed his pencil ; his waterfalls seem to be the favour- ites of most , as being , perhaps , the most obviously striking : but the connoisseur equally enjoys his more placid scenes . His sea - pieces have surpassing grandeur ; the ...
... employed his pencil ; his waterfalls seem to be the favour- ites of most , as being , perhaps , the most obviously striking : but the connoisseur equally enjoys his more placid scenes . His sea - pieces have surpassing grandeur ; the ...
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... employed his pencil are probably scenes in Guelderland ; such as rustic hamlets , and humble cottages of peasants in retired spots , sheltered by trees , or on the verge of a forest ; a water - mill ; the sluices of a canal ; the ruins ...
... employed his pencil are probably scenes in Guelderland ; such as rustic hamlets , and humble cottages of peasants in retired spots , sheltered by trees , or on the verge of a forest ; a water - mill ; the sluices of a canal ; the ruins ...
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