Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, Band 2

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G.P. Putnam, 1858
 

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Seite 221 - I mean to speak of him in the language of our art. To speak then of Vanbrugh in the language of a painter: he had originality of invention, he understood light and shadow and had great skill in composition.
Seite 249 - To paint a fair one, it is necessary for 'me to see many fair ones; but because there is so ' great a scarcity of lovely women, I am constrained to * make use of one certain idea, which I have formed to
Seite 261 - Am I to have nothing more than this ? ' inquired the latter, conceiving himself to be jested with. ' That is enough and to spare,' returned Giotto ; • send it with the rest, and you will see if it will be recognized.
Seite 41 - These edifices, as it has been shown, were great national monuments, upon the walls of which were represented in sculpture, or inscribed in alphabetic characters, the chronicles of the empire. He who entered them might thus read the history, and learn the glory and triumphs of the nation. They served, at the same time, to bring continually to the remembrance of those who assembled within them on festive occasions, or for the celebration of religious ceremonies, the deeds of their ancestors, and the...
Seite 117 - when it pleases God, a better Catholic than any of those who now speak so slightingly of him !
Seite 66 - The extraordinary and peculiar genius which it displayed," says one of his biographers, " was universally felt, and perhaps no single picture ever made a greater impression in this country." A very fine mezzotinto engraving of it was made by Raphael Smith, and so popular did the print become, that, although Mr. Fuseli received only twenty guineas for the picture, the publisher made five hundred by his speculation.
Seite 74 - Perhaps it is the Devil," replied Fuseli, " I have often painted him." On this one of the company, to arrest a conversation which was growing warm, said, " Fuseli, there is a member of your Academy who has strange looks — and he chooses as strange subjects as you do." " Sir," exclaimed the Professor, "he paints nothing but thieves and murderers, and when he wants a model he looks in the glass...
Seite 172 - ... attending it. Lord Elgin then endeavoured to engage some of these artists at his own charge ; but the value of their time was far beyond his means. When, however, he reached Sicily, on the recommendation of Sir William Hamilton, he was so fortunate as to prevail on Don...
Seite 39 - He was ushered in through the portal guarded by the colossal lions or bulls of white alabaster. In the first hall he found himself surrounded by the sculptured records of the empire. Battles, sieges, triumphs, the exploits of the chase, the ceremonies of religion, were portrayed on the walls, sculptured in alabaster, and painted in gorgeous colours.
Seite 247 - If, says he, you take a man as he is made ' by Nature, and compare him with another who is the ' effect of Art, the work of Nature will always appear ' the less beautiful, because Art is more accurate than

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