The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Volume 1Harper, 1846 - Painters |
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... beauty of drawing and skill of workmanship in the ornamented weapons and war - canoes of the islanders of the South Sea ; and in the interior recesses of India , sculptures and paintings , of no common merit , are found in every village ...
... beauty of drawing and skill of workmanship in the ornamented weapons and war - canoes of the islanders of the South Sea ; and in the interior recesses of India , sculptures and paintings , of no common merit , are found in every village ...
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... beauty is less that of sen- timent than of colour . In some of the most re markable there is a vivid richness and delicacy of hue , approaching the lustre of oil - painting . They are valuable also for their evidence of the state of art ...
... beauty is less that of sen- timent than of colour . In some of the most re markable there is a vivid richness and delicacy of hue , approaching the lustre of oil - painting . They are valuable also for their evidence of the state of art ...
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... beauty . They looked like I processions of lay - figures rather than groups of breathing beings . The art of tapestry as well as the art of illumi- nating books , aided in diffusing a love of painting over the island . It was carried to ...
... beauty . They looked like I processions of lay - figures rather than groups of breathing beings . The art of tapestry as well as the art of illumi- nating books , aided in diffusing a love of painting over the island . It was carried to ...
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... old , in gross ignorance of all that genius , beauty , or grandeur give to art . Now and then the effigy of a prince or an earl was painted- legends were imaged forth for the church -- pageants were 24 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
... old , in gross ignorance of all that genius , beauty , or grandeur give to art . Now and then the effigy of a prince or an earl was painted- legends were imaged forth for the church -- pageants were 24 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
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... beauty on this unfortunate woman , and have thus impressed an image of loveliness upon our minds which few painters , perhaps , could realize . The Jane Shore of the artists has no charms such as could have proved fatal to her peace ...
... beauty on this unfortunate woman , and have thus impressed an image of loveliness upon our minds which few painters , perhaps , could realize . The Jane Shore of the artists has no charms such as could have proved fatal to her peace ...
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