 | English literature - 1787 - 534 pages
...invention is fei off to the great, elt advantage. What the back-ground is in painting, in architciturc, is the real ground on which the building is erected ; and no architect took gi-eater care that hi» work ihould not appear crude and hard ; that is, it did not abruptly itart... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1795 - 684 pages
...• the conduct of the back-ground, " by which the defign and invention are fet " off to the greateft advantage. What the " back-ground is in painting,...Architecture is " the real ground on which the building is *' ere&ed ; and no Architect took greater care " that his Work fhould not appear crude and " hard,... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 430 pages
...— the conduct of the back-ground, " by which the defign and invention are fet " off to the greateft advantage. What the ** back-ground is in painting,...and no Architect took greater care ** that his Work fhould not appear crude and " hard, that is, that it did not abruptly ftart out " of the ground without... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 418 pages
...fet " off to 'the greateft advantage. What the ** back-ground is in painting, in Architecture is *c the real ground on which the building is " erected;...and no Architect took greater care ** that his Work fhould not appear crude and " hard, that is, that it did not abruptly ftart out ** of the ground without... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 536 pages
...— the conduct of the " back-ground, by which the defign and inven" tion are fet off to the greateft advantage. " What the back-ground is in painting,...and no Architect took " greater care that his Work fhould not appear " crude and hard, that is, that it did not " abruptly ftart out of the ground without... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 452 pages
...difficult in ours, the conduct of the back-ground ; by which the design and invention is set off to the greatest advantage. What the back-ground is in...building is erected; and no Architect took greater care than he that his work should not appear crude and hard: that is, it did not abruptly start out of the... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...difficult in ours, the conduct of the back-ground ; by which the design and invention is set off to the greatest advantage. What the back-ground is in...building is erected; and no Architect took greater care than he that his work should not appear crude and hard: that is, it did not abruptly start out of the... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1804 - 492 pages
...the conduct of the back- ground, by " which the defign and invention are fet off to " the greateft advantage. What the back-ground " is in painting,...ground '.' on which the building is erected ; and no Ar" chitect took greater care that his Work fhould " not appear crude and hard, that is, that it did... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 528 pages
...hack-ground, by which the design and invention are set off to the greatest advantage. What the hack-ground is in painting, in architecture is the real ground...is erected; and no architect took greater care that liis work should not appear crude and hard, that is, that it did not abruptly start out of the ground... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 520 pages
...difficult in ours, the conduct of the back-ground, by which the design and invention are set off to the greatest advantage. What the back-ground is in...crude and hard, that is, that it did not abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a painter owes... | |
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To support his principal object he produced his second and third groups or masses; he perfectly understood in his art what is the most difficult in ours, the conduct of the background, by which the design and invention is set off to the greatest advantage.... 
