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 xvii
... called Accessories . By these means the painter supplies the place of poetical detail , by a substitution of picturesque representation ; but these are always kept sufficiently sub- dued to prevent their distracting the attention of the ...
... called Accessories . By these means the painter supplies the place of poetical detail , by a substitution of picturesque representation ; but these are always kept sufficiently sub- dued to prevent their distracting the attention of the ...
Page xxiv
... called demitints , when , in the harmonizing of the picture , they serve as a passage from one tint to another . DESIGN . In a general sense , design means the art of imitating by a trace , or outline , the form of the object pre ...
... called demitints , when , in the harmonizing of the picture , they serve as a passage from one tint to another . DESIGN . In a general sense , design means the art of imitating by a trace , or outline , the form of the object pre ...
Page xxvii
... called arabesque ; the name is said to have been given to it on account of some ornaments of that description having been found in the ruins of a Roman palace , discovered in a grotto near Rome , in the time of Raffaelle . That great ...
... called arabesque ; the name is said to have been given to it on account of some ornaments of that description having been found in the ruins of a Roman palace , discovered in a grotto near Rome , in the time of Raffaelle . That great ...
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... called ) at Amsterdam , with figures by Wouwerman . SCHOLARS , IMITATORS , AND ANALOGISTS OF JACOB RUISDAEL . SOLOMON RUISDAEL , the elder brother of Jacob , is gener- ally reckoned among his scholars , though he was twenty years his ...
... called ) at Amsterdam , with figures by Wouwerman . SCHOLARS , IMITATORS , AND ANALOGISTS OF JACOB RUISDAEL . SOLOMON RUISDAEL , the elder brother of Jacob , is gener- ally reckoned among his scholars , though he was twenty years his ...
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... called imitation : both made nature their model . The great reputation which Ruisdael has acquired has been injurious to that of Everdingen ; the finest works of the latter being generally attributed to the former , in order to enhance ...
... called imitation : both made nature their model . The great reputation which Ruisdael has acquired has been injurious to that of Everdingen ; the finest works of the latter being generally attributed to the former , in order to enhance ...
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