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
... similar illusion . It sometimes happens , that when allegory is not treated with great address , the artist resembles the author of an enigma , with this difference , that the painter is desirous of being understood , whilst the ...
... similar illusion . It sometimes happens , that when allegory is not treated with great address , the artist resembles the author of an enigma , with this difference , that the painter is desirous of being understood , whilst the ...
Page xxi
... similar to that of the harmony of sounds to the ear ; whereas , where the lights and shadows are indiscrimin- ately scattered , and there is a want of union and subordin- ation , the sight is wounded by discord and incongruity . " It ...
... similar to that of the harmony of sounds to the ear ; whereas , where the lights and shadows are indiscrimin- ately scattered , and there is a want of union and subordin- ation , the sight is wounded by discord and incongruity . " It ...
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... similar to those of his master , which , though ex- cellent , show a great difference in style ; in painting sheep he is , perhaps , superior to any other of that school . JAN VANDER BENT was a scholar of Peter Wouwerman and Adrian Van ...
... similar to those of his master , which , though ex- cellent , show a great difference in style ; in painting sheep he is , perhaps , superior to any other of that school . JAN VANDER BENT was a scholar of Peter Wouwerman and Adrian Van ...
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... similar , his colouring bright and vivid , like Both's , but he is less sharp and angular in his handling , exhibiting great delicacy of touch , with a some- what iridescent hue in the skies . Poelemburg , Schellings 16 JAN AND ANDREW ...
... similar , his colouring bright and vivid , like Both's , but he is less sharp and angular in his handling , exhibiting great delicacy of touch , with a some- what iridescent hue in the skies . Poelemburg , Schellings 16 JAN AND ANDREW ...
Page 25
... similar , his cattle in the same style , his sheep remarkably so . Time has deprived the colours of their original brightness , and many of his pictures are become dark and heavy ; a circumstance that places a wide interval between him ...
... similar , his cattle in the same style , his sheep remarkably so . Time has deprived the colours of their original brightness , and many of his pictures are become dark and heavy ; a circumstance that places a wide interval between him ...
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