The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; Or, Biographical Review:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives of the Most Celebrated Men, in Every Age and Country; and Graphic Imitations of the Finest Specimens of the Arts; Ancient and Modern, with Remarks, Critical and Explanatory ....Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ... at the Union Printing-Office, 1812 |
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... excelled , and claims precedence almost over every other painter . It is observed by De Piles , that the merit of Guido consisted in that moving and persuasive beauty , which did not so much proceed from a regularity of features as from ...
... excelled , and claims precedence almost over every other painter . It is observed by De Piles , that the merit of Guido consisted in that moving and persuasive beauty , which did not so much proceed from a regularity of features as from ...
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... excelled in those of Arnolphe , Orgon , Harpagon , & c . It was in those characters that , by the intelligence , his accurate concep- tion and strength of colouring which he displayed , he often so deceived the spectators as to render ...
... excelled in those of Arnolphe , Orgon , Harpagon , & c . It was in those characters that , by the intelligence , his accurate concep- tion and strength of colouring which he displayed , he often so deceived the spectators as to render ...
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... excelling in any . Thus had so many great men distinguished themselves in one career , in that illustrious age , of which Montesquieu was des- tined to see the end . That happy period seemed to have exhausted all the triumphs of ...
... excelling in any . Thus had so many great men distinguished themselves in one career , in that illustrious age , of which Montesquieu was des- tined to see the end . That happy period seemed to have exhausted all the triumphs of ...
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... excelled by the beauty of his writing . But better times soon opened to view . His Metromania , which appeared in 1788 , secured his reputation . This ingenious com- position combines , in a very high degree , an animated dialogue , wit ...
... excelled by the beauty of his writing . But better times soon opened to view . His Metromania , which appeared in 1788 , secured his reputation . This ingenious com- position combines , in a very high degree , an animated dialogue , wit ...
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... excelled only in coloring ; and Titian's chief merit was in coloring , and a faithful imitation of nature . We cannot , therefore , refuse to assign the palm of merit to Raphael , who thus possessed the most sublime and important ...
... excelled only in coloring ; and Titian's chief merit was in coloring , and a faithful imitation of nature . We cannot , therefore , refuse to assign the palm of merit to Raphael , who thus possessed the most sublime and important ...
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