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
... sometimes amenable to censure for indelicacy . We pass from these free and spirited painters to those whose chief merit consists in what is termed high finish- ing , in representing objects with the greatest accuracy , whatever those ...
... sometimes amenable to censure for indelicacy . We pass from these free and spirited painters to those whose chief merit consists in what is termed high finish- ing , in representing objects with the greatest accuracy , whatever those ...
Page x
... sometimes usurped those of the former : it is well when it is no worse . Some clue to the discovery may be obtained by comparing the known works of the scholar with those of the master under whom he studied , and observing in what ...
... sometimes usurped those of the former : it is well when it is no worse . Some clue to the discovery may be obtained by comparing the known works of the scholar with those of the master under whom he studied , and observing in what ...
Page xii
... sometimes are considered as entitled to claim equality even with masters to whose works theirs have resemblance . It may be objected that the commendations bestowed on the works of painters who are not placed under the head of principal ...
... sometimes are considered as entitled to claim equality even with masters to whose works theirs have resemblance . It may be objected that the commendations bestowed on the works of painters who are not placed under the head of principal ...
Page xviii
... 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 enigmatist wishes to conceal ...
... 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 enigmatist wishes to conceal ...
Page xx
... Sometimes rich and embellished back - grounds are re- quired , as in the splendid display of Asiatic pomp , in triumphs , and public festivals ; at others , the solemnity of the subject demands an austere and unobtrusive simplicity , as ...
... Sometimes rich and embellished back - grounds are re- quired , as in the splendid display of Asiatic pomp , in triumphs , and public festivals ; at others , the solemnity of the subject demands an austere and unobtrusive simplicity , as ...
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