The Age of Enlightenment, Volume 2Barnes & Noble Books, 1980 |
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Page 34
... composition more animated , varied , and luxuri- ant ; in design , more learned , correct , and graceful : ever governed by a taste formed at the fountain's head , upon the purest models ; and impressed with the effect of those great ...
... composition more animated , varied , and luxuri- ant ; in design , more learned , correct , and graceful : ever governed by a taste formed at the fountain's head , upon the purest models ; and impressed with the effect of those great ...
Page 73
... composition in general ; and that they should be judiciously mixt and combined with one another , and even with those I may term plain lines , ( in opposition to these ) as the subject in hand requires . Thus the cornu - copia , fig ...
... composition in general ; and that they should be judiciously mixt and combined with one another , and even with those I may term plain lines , ( in opposition to these ) as the subject in hand requires . Thus the cornu - copia , fig ...
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... composition , with figures full of expression , a beautiful play of masses , beautiful draperies highlighting naked flesh , everything finely drawn . Perhaps there is something to be desired in the hands of the Saint , perhaps this huge ...
... composition , with figures full of expression , a beautiful play of masses , beautiful draperies highlighting naked flesh , everything finely drawn . Perhaps there is something to be desired in the hands of the Saint , perhaps this huge ...
Contents
Laugier Essay on Architecture 1753 | 8 |
William Chambers On Civil Architecture 1759 1791 | 24 |
James Stuart | 39 |
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The Age of Enlightenment: An Anthologie of Eighteenth-century Texts, Volume 2 Simon Eliot,Beverly Stern No preview available - 1984 |
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Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas Charles Harrison,Paul Wood,Jason Gaiger No preview available - 2001 |