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 xi
... talents . Sir Joshua Reynolds was fully persuaded of the utility , nay , almost necessity , of artists studying the works of the Dutch masters . He says , " To a painter they afford in- struction in his profession ; here he may learn ...
... talents . Sir Joshua Reynolds was fully persuaded of the utility , nay , almost necessity , of artists studying the works of the Dutch masters . He says , " To a painter they afford in- struction in his profession ; here he may learn ...
Page xiv
... of fine examples ; native talent and public taste are improved by their contemplation . Such noble minds feel their pleasure enhanced by community of en- joyment of objects purely intellectual , and though they may xiv INTRODUCTION .
... of fine examples ; native talent and public taste are improved by their contemplation . Such noble minds feel their pleasure enhanced by community of en- joyment of objects purely intellectual , and though they may xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... talent , we have a striking proof in the example of Raffaelle , whose earliest works partake of the dry , Gothic hardness of the painters who preceded him , though he afterwards acquired the grand and graceful style , by which his best ...
... talent , we have a striking proof in the example of Raffaelle , whose earliest works partake of the dry , Gothic hardness of the painters who preceded him , though he afterwards acquired the grand and graceful style , by which his best ...
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... talents as painters , that they mutually imitated their re- spective styles , not servilely as copyists , but as compli- mentary homages from rivals in affection . There are , there- fore , compositions of each , that remind the amateur ...
... talents as painters , that they mutually imitated their re- spective styles , not servilely as copyists , but as compli- mentary homages from rivals in affection . There are , there- fore , compositions of each , that remind the amateur ...
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... talent and agreeable conversation by Maurice , Prince of Orange , who frequently honoured him with visits , and became his liberal patron . Whether this preference , or the superiority of his talents , excited the envy of other artists ...
... talent and agreeable conversation by Maurice , Prince of Orange , who frequently honoured him with visits , and became his liberal patron . Whether this preference , or the superiority of his talents , excited the envy of other artists ...
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