 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 Seiten
...to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished forms ; and yet so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel ; and so admirably crystallized, and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1874 - 314 Seiten
...the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished form ; yet it is so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel ; and so admirably crystallized and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1877 - 302 Seiten
...the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished form ; yet it is so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel ; and so admirably crystallized and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no... | |
 | 1883 - 822 Seiten
...uniform — so soft as to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it his iinest lines, and yet so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the chisel. Parian marble is by far the most beautiful of the Greek marbles. It is a nearly pure carbonate... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1887 - 644 Seiten
...enough to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of tinished form ; and yet so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel; and so admirably crystallized, and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - 1888 - 424 Seiten
...remarks, so soft as to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it his finest lines, and yet so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the chisel. Parian marble is by far the most beautiful of the Greek marbles. It is a nearly pure carbonate... | |
 | James Edward Talmage - 1888 - 282 Seiten
...the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished form; yet it is so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel; and so admirably crystallized and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1890 - 348 Seiten
...to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished forms; and yet so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel; and so admirably crystallized, and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no... | |
 | John Watson, Sedgwick Museum - 1916 - 510 Seiten
...exactly of the consistence best adapted for sculpture, so soft as to allow the sculptor to work at it without force, and trace on it the finest lines...betray the touch, or moulder away, beneath the steel1. Thus could architects and sculptors create the harmonies of form and symmetry in column and architrave,... | |
 | J. Dorman Steele - 1877 - 298 Seiten
...the sctlptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished form ; yet it is so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel; and so admirably crystallized and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no... | |
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... and yet so hard as never to betray the touch or moulder away beneath the steel; and so admirably crystallized, and of such permanent elements, that no rains dissolve it, no time changes it, no atmosphere decomposes it; once shaped, it is shaped for... 