Notes on Some of the Principal Pictures Exhibited in the Rooms of the Royal AcademySmith, Elder, and Company, 65. Cornhill., 1855 - Art criticism |
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Page 5 - PREFACE I AM often asked by my friends to mark for them the pictures in the Exhibitions of the year which appear to me the most interesting, either in their good qualities or their failure. I have determined, at last, to place the circular letter which on such occasions I am obliged to write, within reach of the general public. Twenty years of severe labour,1 devoted exclusively to the study of the principles of Art, have given me the right to speak on the subject with a measure of confidence...
Page 26 - This is a very important and very beautiful picture. It has both sincerity and grace, and is painted on the purest principles of Venetian art — that is to say, on" the calm acceptance of the whole of nature, small and great, as, in its place, deserving of faithful rendering. The great secret of the Venetians was their simplicity. They were great colourists...
Page 28 - Exquisite in every way ; lovely in colour, most subtle in the quivering expression of the lips, and sweetness of the tender face, shaken, like a leaf by winds upon its dew, and hesitating back into peace. A second very disgraceful piece of bad placing* — the thrusting this picture thus aside ! 583.
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