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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... grace of Guido is the grace of theatres ; the mode , not the motive , determines the action : his Magdalens weep to be seen ; his Hero throws herself over her Leander ; his Lucretias stab themselves with the studied airs and am- bitious ...
... grace of Guido is the grace of theatres ; the mode , not the motive , determines the action : his Magdalens weep to be seen ; his Hero throws herself over her Leander ; his Lucretias stab themselves with the studied airs and am- bitious ...
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... grace , while Correggio 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 ...
... grace , while Correggio 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 ...
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... grace of their sex . Whenever he attempted a naked figure , he displayed little correct- ness or elegance ; they are short , of a meagre , unnatural form , and their extremities either too large or too small , without the slightest ...
... grace of their sex . Whenever he attempted a naked figure , he displayed little correct- ness or elegance ; they are short , of a meagre , unnatural form , and their extremities either too large or too small , without the slightest ...
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... grace ; but when death deprived him of his immortal guide , he at times forgot his lessons , and shewed himself dry , and frequently grotesque . Still in his compositions , and in his style , he was always sublime , majestic , and ...
... grace ; but when death deprived him of his immortal guide , he at times forgot his lessons , and shewed himself dry , and frequently grotesque . Still in his compositions , and in his style , he was always sublime , majestic , and ...
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... grace in all his words and actions , than did this great and excellent person - and he moved the hearts of all his auditors , some few excepted , to remorse and pity . " But these atrocious few prevailed - a small majority of those of ...
... grace in all his words and actions , than did this great and excellent person - and he moved the hearts of all his auditors , some few excepted , to remorse and pity . " But these atrocious few prevailed - a small majority of those of ...
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