The Union of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, Exemplified by a Series of Illustrations, with Descriptive Accounts of the House and Galleries of John Soane |
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... authority , is required to have classic precedent for all his designs ; he is expected to manifest the genius of the accomplished artist , and also expected to imitate the standard works of either the Grecian , the Roman , or the ...
... authority , is required to have classic precedent for all his designs ; he is expected to manifest the genius of the accomplished artist , and also expected to imitate the standard works of either the Grecian , the Roman , or the ...
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... authority in the works of his predecessors ; and not a little that may appear to contradict established rules , —that is , mere arbi- trary rules ; but we shall perceive that he has uniformly been guided by those principles which ought ...
... authority in the works of his predecessors ; and not a little that may appear to contradict established rules , —that is , mere arbi- trary rules ; but we shall perceive that he has uniformly been guided by those principles which ought ...
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... like literature , its verbal critics , -persons who can measure profiles and quote authorities , yet are unable to elicit a single new idea of any value , and have as little pretensions to be HOUSE AND MUSEUM OF JOHN SOANE . 7.
... like literature , its verbal critics , -persons who can measure profiles and quote authorities , yet are unable to elicit a single new idea of any value , and have as little pretensions to be HOUSE AND MUSEUM OF JOHN SOANE . 7.
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... authority and practice of the antients may satisfy us in this respect , as their finest edifices prove how much attention they bestowed on the subject : and surely they were not our inferiors in construction . We admit that it is not ...
... authority and practice of the antients may satisfy us in this respect , as their finest edifices prove how much attention they bestowed on the subject : and surely they were not our inferiors in construction . We admit that it is not ...
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... authority for its use by the antients , to satisfy the most rigorous , not to say pedantic , —of their admirers . The use of colours may be very tastelessly employed , and , by unskilful persons , degenerate into mere gaudiness ; but so ...
... authority for its use by the antients , to satisfy the most rigorous , not to say pedantic , —of their admirers . The use of colours may be very tastelessly employed , and , by unskilful persons , degenerate into mere gaudiness ; but so ...
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Page 51 - Disquisitions upon the painted Greek Vases, and their probable connection with the shows of the Eleusinian and other mysteries, by JC,' London, 1825, 4to, plates. 6. ' An Inquiry into the Early History of Greek Sculpture, by the late JC,
Page 46 - Forsyth) the immemorial antiquity of these ruins, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design — that simplicity in which art generally begins, and to which, after a thousand revolutions of ornaments, it again returns — taking all, I say, into one view, I do not hesitate to call these the most impressive monuments that I ever beheld on earth."* The cases in this Gallery contain books belonging to the...
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Page 4 - On painted ceilings you devoutly stare, Where sprawl the saints of Verrio or Laguerre, On gilded clouds in fair expansion lie, And bring all paradise before your eye. To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite.
Page 23 - we are indebted, in an eminent degree, for the classical and appropriate style which now generally characterises our furniture and domestic utensils. Like most other innovations, his was described as whimsical and puerile by some' persons — as if it were unbecoming a man of fortune to indulge in the elegant refinements which wealth placed at his command: whilst others caricatured the system, by cramming their apartments with mythological figures and conceits, jumbled together without propriety...
Page 47 - The time, nor distant far, shall come, When England's tasteful youth no more Shall wander to Italia's classic shore ; No more to foreign climes shall roam In search of models—better found at home.