Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... history , for the most part very insipid , of the ancient masters , and neglecting the characteristic marks of style and handling which distinguish these artists in their works , the only thing that could render his work useful and ...
... history , for the most part very insipid , of the ancient masters , and neglecting the characteristic marks of style and handling which distinguish these artists in their works , the only thing that could render his work useful and ...
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... history were not nature likewise . * I have not been able to derive , from all that I have read upon art , satisfactory information as to the touch , colouring , the general tone , the clear - obscure , harmony , transparency , aërial ...
... history were not nature likewise . * I have not been able to derive , from all that I have read upon art , satisfactory information as to the touch , colouring , the general tone , the clear - obscure , harmony , transparency , aërial ...
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... history , he is scarcely entitled to any merit on the score of invention ; for he is saved the time that would be occupied in putting down any thing of his own . Thus , in place of inventing , he , properly speaking , does nothing but ...
... history , he is scarcely entitled to any merit on the score of invention ; for he is saved the time that would be occupied in putting down any thing of his own . Thus , in place of inventing , he , properly speaking , does nothing but ...
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... historical class . These require in the spec- tator a knowledge of history , true and false , still more extensive than in the artist . For the latter has only occasion to know well the subjects which he himself undertakes to execute ...
... historical class . These require in the spec- tator a knowledge of history , true and false , still more extensive than in the artist . For the latter has only occasion to know well the subjects which he himself undertakes to execute ...
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... historical class , but much oftener still in the works of modern painters , when , from a desire to be original in their compositions , they render them unintelligible , and produce pic- tures in which nothing is determinate nor ...
... historical class , but much oftener still in the works of modern painters , when , from a desire to be original in their compositions , they render them unintelligible , and produce pic- tures in which nothing is determinate nor ...
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2d Edition admirable aërial agreeable Albert Durer amateur amongst ancient Andrea del Sarto artists Author beautiful become Berchem Caracci catalogues cause chapter clear-obscure cloth composition copy Corregio degree distinguished Domenichino Dyck effect empasto employed Engravings especially eyes figures France Gagny Gallery Gerard Gerard Dou Giorgione give Guido hand harmony History HOWITT Illustrations imitation Italian Italy John judge knowledge Leonardo da Vinci less letters light magical manner master means merit nature object observed opinion original painted painters Paul Veronese pencil perfect picture Plates Portrait possesses post 8vo practice present produce proper colours pupils Raphael remarkable Rembrandt render repaint Roman Rubens SECT spirit of wine sufficient taste Teniers thing tint tion Titian tone touch Trans transparent TREATISE true connoisseur truth tures Van Dyck varnish Venetian school Vignette Titles vols whole Woodcuts
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