 | Allan Cunningham - 1843 - 604 pages
...allowed technicalities to get the better of them, until, simplicity giving way to intricacy, they seem to have painted more for the artist and the connoisseur...would be distraction itself but for the selection you learn to make of the best, till every thing common-place, affected, or academical, you reject by a... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1844 - 790 pages
...allowed technicalities to get the better of them, until simplicity gave way to intricacy, and they painted more for the artist and the connoisseur than for the untutored tastes of ordinary men." — Letter to Collins from Rome, The observation respecting the judgment of... | |
 | James Dennistoun - Art, Renaissance - 1851 - 552 pages
...allowed technicalities to get the better of them, until, simplicity giving way to intricacy, they seem to have painted more for the artist and the connoisseur...for the untutored apprehensions of ordinary men." So, too, in writing to Mr. Phillips, RA, he says, " respect for primitive simplicity and expression... | |
 | James Dennistoun - Renaissance - 1851 - 534 pages
...allowed technicalities to get the better of them, until, simplicity giving way to intricacy, they seem to have painted more for the artist and the connoisseur...for the untutored apprehensions of ordinary men." So, too, in writing to Mr. Phillips, RA, he says, " respect for primitive simplicity and expression... | |
 | John Sherer - 1879 - 322 pages
...allowed technicalities to get the better of them, until simplicity giving way to intricacy, they seem to have painted more for the artist and the connoisseur than for the untutored apprehension of ordinary men." After visiting many parts of the continent during an absence of three... | |
 | John William Mollett - Artists - 1881 - 158 pages
...talent was, to have addressed themselves to the common sense of mankind. From Giotto to Michelangelo, expression and sentiment seem the first thing thought...for the untutored apprehensions of ordinary men." The whole of the rest of this letter is taken up with similar admirable expressions of his judgment... | |
 | James Dennistoun - Art, Renaissance - 1909 - 614 pages
...allowed technicalities to get the better of them, until, simplicity giving way to intricacy, they seem to have painted more for the artist and the connoisseur...for the untutored apprehensions of ordinary men." So, too, in writing to Mr. Phillips, RA, he says, " respect for primitive simplicity and expression... | |
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... to have addressed themselves to the common sense of mankind. From Giotto to Michael Angelo, expression and sentiment seem the first thing thought of, whilst those who followed seem to have allowed technicalities to get the better of them, until, simplicity... 