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
... representing objects with the greatest accuracy , whatever those objects may be , and in composing them in such a manner that , while they excite surprise , they gratify curiosity and satisfy the judgment : Gerard Dou and a long train ...
... representing objects with the greatest accuracy , whatever those objects may be , and in composing them in such a manner that , while they excite surprise , they gratify curiosity and satisfy the judgment : Gerard Dou and a long train ...
Page xx
... representing fairs , drolleries , and village feasts . This appel- lation appears to have originated in the admiration excited at Rome by the works of Peter van Laer , who treated those subjects with great success , and who was ...
... representing fairs , drolleries , and village feasts . This appel- lation appears to have originated in the admiration excited at Rome by the works of Peter van Laer , who treated those subjects with great success , and who was ...
Page xxi
... represented , but also all arrangements of light and dark colours in every de- gree ; in short , in accordance with the compound word com- posing its name , which we have adopted from the Italian , the light and dark of a picture ...
... represented , but also all arrangements of light and dark colours in every de- gree ; in short , in accordance with the compound word com- posing its name , which we have adopted from the Italian , the light and dark of a picture ...
Page xxiii
... represented . It is not always neces- sary that to be correct the design should be beautiful . It is sometimes sufficient that nature , even in a form less perfect , is faithfully delineated . COSTUME . In the works of historical ...
... represented . It is not always neces- sary that to be correct the design should be beautiful . It is sometimes sufficient that nature , even in a form less perfect , is faithfully delineated . COSTUME . In the works of historical ...
Page xxvi
... represented one of the executioners fallen down , and the others mocking him with gross and indecorous ges- ticulation . The expression of these figures , considered ab- stractedly , is positively excellent , but in a relative consider ...
... represented one of the executioners fallen down , and the others mocking him with gross and indecorous ges- ticulation . The expression of these figures , considered ab- stractedly , is positively excellent , but in a relative consider ...
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