Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... eyes to their defects . To me all pictures appeared to be good , however indif- ferent they were in reality ! If I could discover a point about them that was ever so little com- B mendable , it never failed to blind me to all Introduction -
... eyes to their defects . To me all pictures appeared to be good , however indif- ferent they were in reality ! If I could discover a point about them that was ever so little com- B mendable , it never failed to blind me to all Introduction -
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... eyes of others who passed for connoisseurs ; until I perceived that these often consulted the interest of the seller more than mine in the advice which they gave me . At length , after having struggled long against difficulties ...
... eyes of others who passed for connoisseurs ; until I perceived that these often consulted the interest of the seller more than mine in the advice which they gave me . At length , after having struggled long against difficulties ...
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... eyes from all productions without merit , I sought out and studied with care whatever the beautiful collections in Ghent , Antwerp , and es- pecially Brussels , ( then so numerous , but now , through the misfortunes of the times , so ...
... eyes from all productions without merit , I sought out and studied with care whatever the beautiful collections in Ghent , Antwerp , and es- pecially Brussels , ( then so numerous , but now , through the misfortunes of the times , so ...
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... eyes existing perfection , and by comparing that with the perfection possible to be attained as conceived in the mind , there results a solid judgment , the source of a criticism that is exact , but without rigour . It were to be wished ...
... eyes existing perfection , and by comparing that with the perfection possible to be attained as conceived in the mind , there results a solid judgment , the source of a criticism that is exact , but without rigour . It were to be wished ...
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... eyes fell from them . I have such satisfaction in the knowledge which I have at length obtained through my own observa- tion , aided by reflection , that I am desirous that beginners should share with me in the enjoyment of it ...
... eyes fell from them . I have such satisfaction in the knowledge which I have at length obtained through my own observa- tion , aided by reflection , that I am desirous that beginners should share with me in the enjoyment of it ...
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