There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles or Albert Durer were the more trifler; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions : the other, by tak1ng the best parts... Essays - Page 231by Francis Bacon - 1893 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Warton - Verse satire, English - 1772 - 374 pages
...known to have been remarkably fond. " There is no excellent beauty, that hath not fome ftrangenefs in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles...were the more trifler : whereof the one would make a perfonage by geometrical proportions ; the other by taking the beft parts out of divers faces, to make... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 440 pages
...confining proportion to rules, or of producing beauty by selection. " A man cannot " tell, (says he,) whether Apelles or Albert " Durer were the more trifler: whereof the " one would make a personage by geome" trical proportions; the other, by taking " the best parts out of divers faces, to make " one... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...than juft to regulate their operations. WARBURTOJU. NOTES. lent beauty that hath not fome ftrangenefs in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles,...were the more trifler : whereof the one would make a perfonage by ~geometrical proportions ; the other, by taking the beft parts out of divers facci to... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 pages
...NOTES. lent beauty that hath not fome ftrangenefs in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether A pelles, or Albert Durer, were the more trifler : whereof the one would make a perfonage by geometrical proportions ; the other, by taking the bed parts out of divers facet to make... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...more than that of colour; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot express;...the proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles, oy Albert Durer, were the more trifler; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions:... | |
| Invisible hand - 1815 - 278 pages
...of delicate features ; and that hath rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot express ; no, nor the first sight of the life. LORD BACON. sister and I were now left alone. Though young, we already felt the force of that inquiry... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favour. That is the best part of Beauty which a picture cannot express, no nor the first sight of the life. There i* no excellent Beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell, whether... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1819 - 610 pages
...confining proportion to rules, or of producing beauty by selection. " A man " cannot tell, (says he,) whether Apelles " or Albert Durer were the more trifler : " whereof the one would make a person" age by geometrical proportions ; the " other, by taking the best parts out of " divers faces,... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1819 - 614 pages
...confining proportion to rules, or of producing beauty by selection. " A mar. " cannot tell, (says he,) whether Apelles " or Albert Durer were the more trifler : " whereof the one would make a person" age by geometrical proportions ; the " other, by taking the best parts out oi " divers faces,... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...more than that of colour; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot express;...strangeness in the proportion A man cannot tell whether Applies or Albert Durer, were the more trifier; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical... | |
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