The Hand-book of Taste, Or, How to Observe Works of Art: Especially Cartoons, Pictures, and Statues |
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... expressing the likeness of the individual , and making , as it were , his eulogy in the countenance , while every other ... expression is without life . 4. The position chosen must not be capri- cious , nor fixed by the artist like an ...
... expressing the likeness of the individual , and making , as it were , his eulogy in the countenance , while every other ... expression is without life . 4. The position chosen must not be capri- cious , nor fixed by the artist like an ...
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... expression , — half serious , half gay , as unwilling to give exclusive preference to either charmer , both of whom he loved so well , and each of whom had assisted alternately in pro- curing him his greatest triumphs . Such a portrait ...
... expression , — half serious , half gay , as unwilling to give exclusive preference to either charmer , both of whom he loved so well , and each of whom had assisted alternately in pro- curing him his greatest triumphs . Such a portrait ...
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... expression . The labour of the artist is like that of the jeweller , who polishes and sets the gems , which without his aid would only be costly masses of deformity . Horace sets jewels with the pen ; Phidias with the chisel ; Apelles ...
... expression . The labour of the artist is like that of the jeweller , who polishes and sets the gems , which without his aid would only be costly masses of deformity . Horace sets jewels with the pen ; Phidias with the chisel ; Apelles ...
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... expression , depend more upon a combination of forms than may , indeed , exist without it ; in of colour , - sculpture , for instance . 2. Forms vary not only according to the different qualities of objects , but also according to the ...
... expression , depend more upon a combination of forms than may , indeed , exist without it ; in of colour , - sculpture , for instance . 2. Forms vary not only according to the different qualities of objects , but also according to the ...
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... expression , colour- ing , & c . , whether it arises from excess or defect , is mannerism . - 3. There is another kind of mannerism which produces the most lamentable results . When a pupil imitates the manner of his master , instead of ...
... expression , colour- ing , & c . , whether it arises from excess or defect , is mannerism . - 3. There is another kind of mannerism which produces the most lamentable results . When a pupil imitates the manner of his master , instead of ...
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