Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and... The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds - Seite cixvon Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Frost - 1846 - 332 Seiten
...on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time : — he was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for he communicated to that description of the art in which English... | |
| 1846 - 316 Seiten
...Reynolds was, on many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equa" to the greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for he communicated... | |
| 1847 - 296 Seiten
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in falcility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest... | |
| George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 Seiten
...his time He was the lirst Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glorii.-s of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of n »louring, he was equal to the great masters of the гепо\\т.ч! ages. In portrait he went beyond... | |
| James R. Hobbes - 1849 - 552 Seiten
...soon afterwards, having lost the sight of one eye, he entirely relinquished painting: he died 1792. " In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention,...equal to the great masters of the renowned ages — in portraits he went beyond them." REYNOSO (Don Antonio Garcia), born in Andalusia, 1623 ; studied under... | |
| James R. Hobbes - 1849 - 282 Seiten
...Kneller, were all thrown into the shade by his works ; in taste, in facility, in happy invention, and in harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages ; in portraits he went beyond them: he died in 179'2. BARRON (Hugh), studied under Sir Joshua Reynolds,... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1850 - 428 Seiten
...in which Burke has commemorated his friend Sir Joshua Eeynolds, when he says, — " He was the first who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country." * An ingenious English writer, who sees Art at once with the eye of taste and humanity, and whom I... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 388 Seiten
...in which Burke has commemorated his friend Sir Joshua Reynolds, when he says, — " He was the first who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country."* An ingenious English writer, who sees Art at once with the eye of taste and humanity, has said, in... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 Seiten
...was, on very manv accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the most renowned atrcs. In portrait he went beyond... | |
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