 It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo, but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muscular strength of the H erodes.  A Record of My Artistic Life - Page 144by John Burley Waring - 1873 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Several Hands - 1771 - 614 pages
...the Gladiator another, of the Apollo another; which makes fo many different ideas of beauty. in in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is compounded of them all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1771 - 622 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them; it is. not ia the Hercules, nor in in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is compounded of them all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1772 - 656 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them ; it is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is compounded of them all, and which partakes equally of the aftivity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 452 pages
...them, but in that form which might be taken from them all, and would p?.rtake equally ot the aftivity of the gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muicular flrength of the Hercules. If the judgment of this eminent artift be admitted, the perfeftion... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 440 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form...Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the v muscular strength of the Hercules. For perfect beauty in any species must combine all the characters... | |
 | History - 1803 - 582 pages
...the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which it compounded of them all, and which partakes equally of the activity of...Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the mufcular ftrength of the Hercules. For perfect beauty in any fpecies, muft combine all the characters»... | |
 | Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Artists - 1805 - 422 pages
...the human figure is not to be found in any one of them, " but in that form which is taken from them all, and which partakes equally of the activity of...Apollo, and of the muscular strength of the Hercules." Such an opinion is contrary to nature, as it goes to destroy that variety arising from the active,... | |
 | Basil Richard Barrett - Aesthetics - 1812 - 188 pages
...beauty will be, so far, diminished. Thus, as Sir Joshua observes, " It is not in " the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in " the Apollo, but in that form, which is taken " from all/' that the beauty of the species exists. " For perfect beauty," he adds, " in any spe~ €C cies, must... | |
 | Ireland - 1821 - 508 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo; but in that form which is taken from them all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo,... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules, nor hi the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo, but' in that form...the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and the muscular strength of the Hercules. For perfect beauty in any species must combine all the characters... | |
| |
