Sir Joshua ReynoldsScribner, 1894 - 415 Seiten |
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... performances of Sir Joshua and Gains- borough ; other members of the same family being depicted by Vanloo , Dahl , Raphael Mengs , and two of the most fascinating of female artists - Angelica Kauffmann , whose career rather than whose ...
... performances of Sir Joshua and Gains- borough ; other members of the same family being depicted by Vanloo , Dahl , Raphael Mengs , and two of the most fascinating of female artists - Angelica Kauffmann , whose career rather than whose ...
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... performance of his which attracted notice , was the portrait of Captain Hamilton , father of the Marquis of Abercorn , painted in the year 1746. When , at a late period of his life - as Malone records - he saw this painting , he was ...
... performance of his which attracted notice , was the portrait of Captain Hamilton , father of the Marquis of Abercorn , painted in the year 1746. When , at a late period of his life - as Malone records - he saw this painting , he was ...
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... performances of this remarkable provincial painter , they shall , on this point , be allowed to speak for themselves : - " The father of William Gandy was a pupil of Van- dyke , and was much employed by the Duke of Ormond Commodore ...
... performances of this remarkable provincial painter , they shall , on this point , be allowed to speak for themselves : - " The father of William Gandy was a pupil of Van- dyke , and was much employed by the Duke of Ormond Commodore ...
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... performances made on them . One of the first painters now in France told me that this circumstance happened to himself , though he now looks on Raffaelle with that venera- tion which he deserves from all painters and lovers of the art ...
... performances made on them . One of the first painters now in France told me that this circumstance happened to himself , though he now looks on Raffaelle with that venera- tion which he deserves from all painters and lovers of the art ...
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... performances , made pretensions to instantaneous raptures on first be- holding them . " In justice to myself , however , I must add that , though disappointed and mortified at not finding myself enraptured with the works of this great ...
... performances , made pretensions to instantaneous raptures on first be- holding them . " In justice to myself , however , I must add that , though disappointed and mortified at not finding myself enraptured with the works of this great ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 194 - Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please.
Seite 109 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Seite 194 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, If they were not his own by finessing and trick; He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
Seite 134 - But suppose now, Sir, that one of your intimate friends were apprehended for an offence for which he might be hanged." JOHNSON. "I should do what I could to bail him, and give him any other assistance; but if he were once fairly hanged, I should not suffer.
Seite 190 - If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall teach me how to dress 'em In terms select and terse ; Jones teach me modesty and Greek ; Smith, how to think ; Burke, how to speak ; And Beauclerk to converse.
Seite 373 - I reflect, not without vanity, that these Discourses bear testimony of my admiration of that truly divine man; and I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of — MICHAEL ANGELO*.
Seite 40 - Whatever merit they have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to the credit of these Discourses, if I could say it with truth, that he contributed even a single sentiment to them ; but he qualified my mind to think justly.
Seite 395 - I would chiefly recommend that an implicit obedience to the Rules of Art, as established by the practice of the great MASTERS, should be exacted from the young Students. That those models, which have passed through the approbation of ages, should be considered by them as perfect and infallible guides ; as subjects for their imitation, not their criticism.
Seite 401 - Invention is one of the great marks of genius ; but if we consult experience we shall find, that it is by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as by reading the thoughts of others we learn to think.
Seite 380 - In full affluence of foreign and domestic fame, admired by the expert in art, and by the learned in science, courted by the great, caressed by sovereign powers, and celebrated by distinguished poets, his native humility...