An Essay on Painting: In Two Epistles to Mr. Romney |
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... remarkable for foft- nefs of colouring . " His moft celebrated picture was of an infant ( on the taking of a town ) at the mother's breast , who is wounded and expiring . The fenfations of the mother were clearly marked , and her fear ...
... remarkable for foft- nefs of colouring . " His moft celebrated picture was of an infant ( on the taking of a town ) at the mother's breast , who is wounded and expiring . The fenfations of the mother were clearly marked , and her fear ...
Page 81
... : In that which relates to painting , he expofes indeed the vices of his brethren with great freedom and severity . - It is remarkable that his M poetry - poetry abounds more with learned allufions than with high NOT E S. 81.
... : In that which relates to painting , he expofes indeed the vices of his brethren with great freedom and severity . - It is remarkable that his M poetry - poetry abounds more with learned allufions than with high NOT E S. 81.
Page 95
... remarkable , that the greatest painters have failed in this particular . Raphael , Guido , and West , are all deficient in the figure of Satan . Richardson ob- ferves , in his description of the pictures of Italy , — " Je n'ai jamais vu ...
... remarkable , that the greatest painters have failed in this particular . Raphael , Guido , and West , are all deficient in the figure of Satan . Richardson ob- ferves , in his description of the pictures of Italy , — " Je n'ai jamais vu ...
Page 126
... remarkable for the mildest manners and most amiable disposition ; totally free from that imperious and bigotted attachment to fpeculative opinions , which the science he cultivated is so apt to produce . He endeared himself to Boileau ...
... remarkable for the mildest manners and most amiable disposition ; totally free from that imperious and bigotted attachment to fpeculative opinions , which the science he cultivated is so apt to produce . He endeared himself to Boileau ...
Page 134
... remarkable fact . In no polished nation , after Criticifm has been much ftudied , and the rules of writ- ing established , has any very extraordinary work ever appeared . This has vifibly been the cafe in Greece , in Rome , and in ...
... remarkable fact . In no polished nation , after Criticifm has been much ftudied , and the rules of writ- ing established , has any very extraordinary work ever appeared . This has vifibly been the cafe in Greece , in Rome , and in ...
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Page 190 - Diverse lingue, orribili favelle, parole di dolore, accenti d'ira, voci alte e fioche, e suon di man con elle facevano un tumulto, il qual s'aggira sempre in quell'aura sanza tempo tinta, come la rena quando turbo18 spira.
Page 196 - Caron dimonio con occhi di bragia, Loro accennando, tutte le raccoglie : Batte col remo qualunque s'adagia. Come d' autunno si levan le foglie L...
Page 174 - Vestite già de' raggi del pianeta Che mena dritto altrui per ogni calle. Allor fu la paura un poco queta, Che nel lago del cor m'era durata La notte ch'io passai con tanta pièta.
Page 184 - Lucevan li occhi suoi più che la stella; e cominciommi a dir soave e piana, con angelica voce, in sua favella: 'O anima cortese mantovana, di cui la fama ancor nel mondo dura, e durerà quanto '1 mondo lontana...
Page 194 - Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave Un vecchio bianco per antico pelo. Gridando : Guai a voi, anime prave! Non isperate mai veder lo cielo : I' vegno, per menarvi ali' altra riva Nelle tenebre eterne in caldo, e 'n gielo: E tu, che se...
Page 294 - Fairies were equally out of credit when MILTON wrote. He did well therefore to fupply their room with Angels and Devils.
Page 134 - ... that philosophical, that geometrical, and systematical spirit so much in vogue, which has spread itself from the sciences even into polite literature, by consulting only reason, has not diminished and destroyed sentiment ; and made our poets write from and to the head, rather than the heart...
Page 86 - Tis only wanting to this age, not thee. Thy genius, bounded by the times, like mine, Drudges on petty draughts, nor dare design A more exalted work, and more divine.
Page 134 - ... that influence them. Whether or no, the natural powers be not confined and debilitated by that timidity and caution which is occasioned by a rigid regard to the dictates of art...