An Inquiry Into the Beauties of Painting: And Into the Merits of the Most Celebrated Painters, Ancient and Modern |
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... produce [ b ] fbozzo's , not pictures : it is evident then , that the per- fection of the art confifts in an union of these two parts . Of all the moderns , Ra- phael feems to have come the nearest to this point . The next to him is ...
... produce [ b ] fbozzo's , not pictures : it is evident then , that the per- fection of the art confifts in an union of these two parts . Of all the moderns , Ra- phael feems to have come the nearest to this point . The next to him is ...
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... produced by a [ i ] The grace of Guido is rather technical than ideal ; by the firft is meant a certain flow of Contour , invariably applied to every character , and on every occafion . Thus the daughter of Herodias receives the head of ...
... produced by a [ i ] The grace of Guido is rather technical than ideal ; by the firft is meant a certain flow of Contour , invariably applied to every character , and on every occafion . Thus the daughter of Herodias receives the head of ...
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... produce a Spartan severity , or Roman patriotism , but never an Athenian politeness . To ef- fect this , the fofter ... produces a gracefulness of action ; and spreads over our perfons that venuftas , which is the completion of exterior ...
... produce a Spartan severity , or Roman patriotism , but never an Athenian politeness . To ef- fect this , the fofter ... produces a gracefulness of action ; and spreads over our perfons that venuftas , which is the completion of exterior ...
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... produce from their writings ; but above all , the Greek ftatues , which we may look upon as living witneffes , fufficiently prove the me- rit of the ancients . Let us now , if you please , confider that of the moderns : Thus ...
... produce from their writings ; but above all , the Greek ftatues , which we may look upon as living witneffes , fufficiently prove the me- rit of the ancients . Let us now , if you please , confider that of the moderns : Thus ...
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... traced with delicacy ; but , the violent agi- tations of the foul , affect us more fenfibly , by the total disturbance and alteration which they they produce in the countenance . This idea will always DIAL . IV . 63 Of DESIGN .
... traced with delicacy ; but , the violent agi- tations of the foul , affect us more fenfibly , by the total disturbance and alteration which they they produce in the countenance . This idea will always DIAL . IV . 63 Of DESIGN .
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Æneid Afpafia ancients Apelles artiſts beauty beſt cafe character circumftances Clear obfcure colours compariſon compofition confifts Correggio courſe Cymbeline defcribe defcription defign diftinction diſtinguiſh effect elegant Euphranor excellent expreffed expreffion fame fays fecond feelings feem fenfe fenfible fentiments fhades fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fome fpirit fpring ftudied fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofe genius give grace greateſt Greek happineſs harmony himſelf ideas imagination imitation impreffions inftance itſelf juft juſt laft laſt lefs loft mafter meaſure Medea merit moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature obferve objects occafion OVID paffage paffions painters painting perfect perfon Phidias picture pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Plin Pliny Plutarch Poet poetry praiſe Praxiteles prefent racter Raphael reaſon reft reprefent ſeem Shakeſpear ſhall taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Timanthes Timomachus tion Titian underſtand uſe verfe verſe whofe γαρ δε εν και μεν
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Page 45 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 41 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Page 110 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Page 15 - The infernal Serpent ! he it was, whose guile, Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind, what time his pride Had cast him out from Heaven...
Page 21 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor: one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Page 43 - The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious' war ! And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats Th' immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 23 - Of heav'nly pow'rs were touch'd with human fate! But go! thy flight no longer I detain — Go! seek thy promis'd kingdom through the main!
Page 55 - The downy feather, on the cordage hung, Moves not; the flat sea shines like yellow gold, Fus'd in the fire ; or like the marble floor 'Of some old temple wide.
Page 77 - You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And yourself too ; but 'tis not like a friend To hide your soul from me-. 'Tis not your nature To be thus idle : I have seen you stand As you were blasted 'midst of all your mirth ; Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly ! — World, what do I here ? a friend Is nothing.
Page 123 - In thefe principles, and in the examples by which they have been fupported, we fee clearly the reafon why every enlightened age has had, and muft continue to have, its original Writers. We have no right, therefore, to complain that nature is always the fame, or that the fources of novelty have been exhaufted. It is in Poetry as in Philofophy, new relations are ftruck out, new influences difcovered, and every fuperior genius moves in a world of his own.