Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... interest which I feel in amateurs , especially the inexperienced among them , has been my sole inducement to undertake the work , while at the same time , I trust that others who may be led to peruse it , may not do so without advantage ...
... interest which I feel in amateurs , especially the inexperienced among them , has been my sole inducement to undertake the work , while at the same time , I trust that others who may be led to peruse it , may not do so without advantage ...
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... interest of the seller more than mine in the advice which they gave me . At length , after having struggled long against difficulties , without advancing a step farther towards true knowledge , I had opportunity to see and study at ...
... interest of the seller more than mine in the advice which they gave me . At length , after having struggled long against difficulties , without advancing a step farther towards true knowledge , I had opportunity to see and study at ...
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... the part of those whose interest may not find its account here , or on the part of those whose opinions shall be impugned , and their self - love wounded , contrary to my desire , by the truths which I declare . I dare to 10 INTRODUCTION .
... the part of those whose interest may not find its account here , or on the part of those whose opinions shall be impugned , and their self - love wounded , contrary to my desire , by the truths which I declare . I dare to 10 INTRODUCTION .
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... interest , will , in the eyes of a true connoisseur , be only as images , or the toys of an infant , however precious they may be in point of execution . But if the window be enriched with a head looking out , for example , were it only ...
... interest , will , in the eyes of a true connoisseur , be only as images , or the toys of an infant , however precious they may be in point of execution . But if the window be enriched with a head looking out , for example , were it only ...
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... interest mingled with fear , and other similar emotions , and which , * The author seems to have stated this too broadly . Some of the most remarkable instances of that truth in painting , of which he declares himself a partisan , are ...
... interest mingled with fear , and other similar emotions , and which , * The author seems to have stated this too broadly . Some of the most remarkable instances of that truth in painting , of which he declares himself a partisan , are ...
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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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