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" His palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never superinduced by ornament* Their elevations enchant you , not by the length and altitude ,... "
The classic and connoisseur in Italy and Sicily, with an appendix containing ... - Page 97
by George William D. Evans - 1835
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Remarks on Antiquities, Arts and Letters During an Excursion in Italy in the ...

Joseph Forsyth - 1820 - 700 pages
...palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...solid and void , by that happy. something between flat andprominent,which charms both in front and profile ; by that maestria which calls in columns , not...
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Remarks on Antiquities, Arts and Letters During an Excursion in Italy in the ...

Joseph Forsyth - 1820 - 708 pages
...'palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...of solid and void , by that happy something between fiat andproniinent,whick charms both in front and profile ; by that maestria which calls in columns...
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Knight's Quarterly Magazine, Volume 2

1824 - 486 pages
...Palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...the materials and sculpture, but by the consummate elicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of void and solid, by THAT HAPPY SOMETHING...
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Knight's Quarterly Magazine, Volume 2

1824 - 488 pages
...the consummate • elicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of void and solid, by THAT HAPPY SOMETHING BETWEEN FLAT AND PROMINENT,...profile ; by that maestria which calls in columns not to incumber but support, and reproduces ANCIENT BEAUTY IN COMBIN ATIONS UNKNOWN TO THB ANCIENTS THEMSELVES....
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Jenning's Landscape Annual, Volume 1

1830 - 400 pages
...is never superinduced . by ornament. Their elevations enchant you, not by the length and altitude, but by the consummate felicity of their proportions,...flat and prominent, which charms both in front and in profile; by that maestria which calls in columns, not to encumber, but to support, and reproduces...
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The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy

Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 398 pages
...palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...elevations enchant you, not by the length and altitude, but by the consummate felicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of solid and void,...
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Literary Port Folio, Issues 1-26

1830 - 222 pages
...palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never superinduced by ornament. 1 heir elevations enchant you?, not by the length and altitude, but by the consummate felicity of their...
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Remarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters, During an Excursion in Italy, in ...

Joseph Forsyth - 1835 - 498 pages
...those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their heauty originates in the design, and is never superinduced...altitude, nor by the materials and sculpture, but the consummate felicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of solid and void, by...
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The Architectural Magazine, and Journal of Improvement in ..., Volume 2

John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 594 pages
...exclaims, " even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...by ornament. Their elevations enchant you, not by their length and altitude, nor by the materials and sculpture, but by the consummate felicity of their...
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Loudon's Architectural Magazine: And Journal of Improvement in ..., Volume 2

John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 570 pages
...exclaims, " even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...by ornament. Their elevations enchant you, not by their length and altitude, nor by the materials and sculpture, but by the consummate felicity of their...
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