 | Archæological Survey of India - India - 1879 - 416 pages
...remarks on this picture that " for pathos and sentiment and the unmistakeable way of telling its story this picture, I consider, cannot be surpassed in the history of art. The 1 This picture was copied by Mr. Griffiths in 1872-73. Florentine could have put better drawing, and... | |
 | Bombay (India : State) - Bombay (India : State) - 1880 - 654 pages
...and sentiment and the unmistakable way of telling its story this picture cannot, says Mr. Griffiths, be surpassed in the history of art. The Florentine could have put better drawiflg, and the Venetian bettor colour, but neither could have thrown Chapter XIV. Places of Interest... | |
 | James Fergusson, James Burgess - Cave temples - 1880 - 778 pages
...remarks on this picture that " for pathos and sentiment and the unmistakeable way of telling its story this picture, I consider, cannot be surpassed in the history of art. The Florentines could have put better drawing, and the Venetians better colour, but neither could have... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1889 - 604 pages
...high praise. ' For pathos and sentiment,' he writes, ' and the unmistakable way of telling its story, this picture, I consider, cannot be surpassed in the history of art. The Florentines could have put better drawing, and the Venetians better colour, but neither could have... | |
 | Gauranga Nath Banerjee - Greeks - 1920 - 370 pages
...be surpassed in the history of Art. The Florentines could have put better drawing, and the Venetians better colour, but neither could have thrown greater expression into it". The obvious comparison with ancient Italian art made by Dr. Fergusson, who considered the Ajanta paintings... | |
 | N. S. Ramaswami - Social Science - 1979 - 224 pages
...dying princess, he said that "for pathos and sentiment and the unmistakable way of telling the story this picture, I consider, cannot be surpassed in the history of art. The Florentines could have put better drawing and the Venetians better colour, but neither could have thrown... | |
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For pathos and sentiment and the unmistakable way of telling its story, this picture, I consider, cannot be surpassed in the history of art. The Florentine could have put better drawing, and the Venetian better colour, but neither could have thrown greater... 