 A temple or palace of Grecian architecture in its perfect entire state, and with its surface and colour smooth and even, either in painting or reality is beautiful; in ruin it is picturesque.  An essay On the picturesque - Page 51by Sir Uvedale Price - 1810Full view - About this book
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...is their fondness for ruinous and decayed buildings. * A temple or palace of Grecian architecture, in its perfect entire state, and with its surface...reality, is beautiful : in, ruin it is picturesque.' p. 51. This Mr. Price attributes to the mosses, weather stains, and partial incrustations which give... | |
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...Grecian architecture, in its perfect and entire state, and its surface and colour smooth and eve», either in painting or reality, is beautiful ; in ruin,...object into a picturesque one. First, by means of weather-stains, partial incrustations, mosses, S:c. ; it at the same time takes off from the uniformity... | |
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...Grecian architecture, in its perfect and entire state, and its surface and colour smooth and even, cither in painting or reality, is beautiful; in ruin, it...object into a picturesque one. First, by means of weather-stains, partial incrustations, mosses, &c. ; it at the same time takes off from the uniformity... | |
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...in these studies, that a house or temple of Grecian architecture, in its perfect entire state, and its surface and colour smooth and even, either in painting or reality, is beautiful. Of water it has been observed that a calm, clear lake, with the reflections of all that surround it,... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 pages
...the Picturesque. " A. temple or palace of Grecian architecture, in its perfect and entire state, and its surface and colour smooth and even, either in...object into a picturesque one. First, by means of weather-stains, partial incrustations, mosses, 8cc. ; it at the same time takes off from the uniformity... | |
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...says a temple or palace of Grecian architecture in its entire state, and with its surface and color smooth and even, either in painting or reality, is beautiful ; in ruin it 'is picturesque. Time converts a beautiful object into a picturesque one, by means of weather stains, partial incrustations,... | |
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...says a temple or palace of Grecian architecture in its entire state, and with its surface and color smooth and even, either in painting or reality, is beautiful ; in ruin it'is picturesque. Time converts a beautiful object into a picturesque one, by means of weather stains,... | |
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...even, either in painting or reality they were beautiful ; in ruins, there is no denying they are highly picturesque. Observe the process by which time, the great author of such changes works, first by means of weather stains, partial incrustations, mosses, &c., which simultaneously take... | |
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...creatures of clay ! Byron, Siege of Corinth. RUINED TEMPLE. A TEMPLE or palace of Grecian architecture in its perfect entire state, and with its surface...object into a picturesque one : First, by means of weather-stains, partial incrustations, mosses, etc., it at the same time takes off from the uniformity... | |
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