The Works of William Mason, 3. köideT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... imitating that ex- cellent painter in his colouring , as he did Caracci in his design . About the year 1653 , he went with Mignard to Venice , * and travelled throughout Lombardy ; and during his stay in that city painted a Venus for ...
... imitating that ex- cellent painter in his colouring , as he did Caracci in his design . About the year 1653 , he went with Mignard to Venice , * and travelled throughout Lombardy ; and during his stay in that city painted a Venus for ...
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... imitate by day ; No rest , no pause , till , all her graces known , 725 A happy habit makes each grace your own . As years advance , to modern masters come , Gaze on their glories in majestic ROME ; Admire the proud productions of their ...
... imitate by day ; No rest , no pause , till , all her graces known , 725 A happy habit makes each grace your own . As years advance , to modern masters come , Gaze on their glories in majestic ROME ; Admire the proud productions of their ...
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... imitation of given patterns before the theory of art can be felt . Thus we shall become acquainted with the necessities of the art , and the very great want of theory , the sense of which want can alone lead us to take pains to acquire ...
... imitation of given patterns before the theory of art can be felt . Thus we shall become acquainted with the necessities of the art , and the very great want of theory , the sense of which want can alone lead us to take pains to acquire ...
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... imitating an imitation , and often a false or exaggerated imitation . Note XXIV . Verse 181 . Fair in the front , in all the blaze of light , The hero of thy piece should meet the sight . R. There can be no doubt that this figure should ...
... imitating an imitation , and often a false or exaggerated imitation . Note XXIV . Verse 181 . Fair in the front , in all the blaze of light , The hero of thy piece should meet the sight . R. There can be no doubt that this figure should ...
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... imitation in this branch of the art . Titian , Paul Veronese , and Tintoret , were among the first painters who reduced to a system what was before practised without any fixed principle , and consequently neglected occasionally . From ...
... imitation in this branch of the art . Titian , Paul Veronese , and Tintoret , were among the first painters who reduced to a system what was before practised without any fixed principle , and consequently neglected occasionally . From ...
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Page 314 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
Page 29 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 298 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies : She drew an angel down.
Page 224 - And breathe an air divine on every face ; Yet should the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms, and gentle as their soul; With Zeuxis...
Page 223 - The living image in the painter's breast! Thence endless streams of fair ideas flow, Strike in the sketch, or in the picture glow; Thence Beauty, waking all her forms, supplies An angel's sweetness, or Bridgewater's eyes.1 Muse! at that name thy sacred sorrows shed...
Page 310 - The interim of unsweating themselves regularly and convenient rest before meat may both with profit and delight be taken up in recreating and composing their travailed spirits with the solemn and divine harmonies of music, heard or learned either while the skilful organist plies his grave and fancied descant in lofty fugues or the whole symphony with artful and unimaginable touches adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer — sometimes the lute or soft organ-stop waiting on...
Page 355 - HARRY, whose tuneful and well-measured song First taught our English music how to span Words with just note and accent, not to scan With Midas' ears, committing short and long, Thy worth and skill exempts thee from the throng, With praise enough for Envy to look wan : To after age thou shalt be writ the man That with smooth air couldst humour best our tongue. Thou honour'st verse, and verse must lend her wing To honour thee, the priest of Phoebus...
Page 198 - Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie, than the will can choose an apparent evil. As truth is the end of all our speculations, so the discovery of it is the pleasure of them; and since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must of necessity produce a much greater: for both these arts . . . are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature,...
Page 23 - RUE poetry the Painter's power displays : True Painting emulates the Poet's lays ; The rival sisters, fond of equal fame, Alternate change their office and their name ; Bid silent Poetry the canvass warm, . 5 The tuneful page with speaking picture charm.
Page 73 - Yet higher still great TITIAN dar'd to soar, He reach'd the loftiest heights of colouring's power ; His friendly tints in happiest mixture flow, His shades and lights their just gradations know; His were those dear delusions of the art...