A Biographical History of the Fine Arts: Being Memoirs of the Lives and Works of Eminent Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects. From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Alphabetically Arranged, and Condensed from the Best Authorities ...J. W. Bouton, 1865 - Artists |
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Page xviii - An Account of a Method of Copying Paintings upon Glass, and of making Profiles by the Agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver; with Observations by H. Davy.
Page 283 - Flaxman's style," said Sir Thomas Lawrence, " were founded on Grecian art — on its noblest principles — on its deeper intellectual power, and not on the mere surface of its skill. Though master of its purest lines, he was still more the sculptor of sentiment than of form, and whilst the philosopher, the statesman, and the hero, were treated by him with appropriate dignity, not even in Raphael have the gentler feelings and sorrows of human nature been treated with more touching pathos than in...
Page 303 - Shakespeare, the rival of Michael Angelo. Out of the seventy exhibited paintings on which he reposed his hope of fame, not one can be called common-place — they are all poetical in their nature, and as poetically treated. Some twenty of these alarm, startle...
Page 215 - A bust, in marble, of her mother, the Countess of Aylesbury, erected as a monument in Tunbridge church, Kent. A bust, in terra cotta, of her father, field-marshal Conway. A group of two sleeping dogs, executed in marble, and given to her brother-in-law, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond.
Page 249 - ... picture, connected with the Crucifixion, which I called Calvary. This winter and spring I finished the sketch in oil, probably my best composition. Before transferring it to the large canvass, I painted from nature the principal figures and groups separately. I had none of that facility which attends the adept in drawing, and now felt the penalty of my folly, when I had the Royal Academy of England at my command, and the advice of the best historical painter of the age always ready to instruct...
Page 38 - ... nervous system. I slept not for several nights, and the days passed like days of oblivion, —until the animal powers being recalled into action, through the strength of my constitution, I took up my gun, my note-book, and my pencils, and went forth to the woods as gaily as if nothing had happened. I felt pleased that I might now make much better drawings than before, and, ere a period not exceeding three years had elapsed, I had my portfolio filled again.
Page xxxi - Each object in a picture receives that degree of color and light which belongs to its distance from the eye; 2. The various local tones are made to unite in one chief tone, which last is nothing else than the common color of the atmosphere and the light which penetrates it. The charm and harmony of a picture, particularly of a landscape, depend greatly on a proper application of the laws of perspective.
Page 214 - There are few more gratifying examples than that of a woman of high rank, beauty, and accomplishments, disdaining the frivolous and the frequently vicious pursuits by which females in the higher circles of society are unhappily absorbed, and occupying herself with studies of an intellectual character — studies, the tendency of which is to refine and elevate the tone of her mind, to secure to her sound, rational, and permanent enjoyment, and eventually to place her name among those whom posterity...
Page 304 - Out of the seventy exhibited paintings on which he reposed his hope of fame, not one can be called commonplace — they are all poetical in their nature, and as poetically treated. Some twenty of these alarm, startle, and displease ; twenty more may come within the limits of common comprehension; the third twenty are such as few men could produce, and deserve a place in the noblest collections; while the remaining ten are equal in conception to...
Page 212 - ... finding that a compliance with their instructions must spoil his performances, and injure his reputation, he declined painting for his majesty. During the years, however, from 1753 to 1760, distinguished by many victories gained by the emperor Kien Long, he had frequent orders for battlepieces, &c. which he executed so much to the satisfaction of that monarch, that he created him a mandarin, and when Attiret refused to accept it, the minister of state told him he should have the revenues, although...