His colour, and his mode of finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other Painter : the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground ; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop... Putnam's Home Cyclopedia ... - Page 321by G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852Full view - About this book
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1798 - 394 pages
...his mode of finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other Painter : the.gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and... | |
| sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 pages
...colour, and his mode of finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other Painter : the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground ; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 388 pages
...colour, and his mode of finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other Painter : the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1809 - 438 pages
...finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other Painter : the gliding motion of Mis outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1809 - 368 pages
...finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other Painter : the gliding motion of Ilis outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and... | |
| Sir Uvedale Price - Landscape gardening - 1810 - 448 pages
...colour and his mode of finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other painter; the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with...the ground, the clearness and transparency of his colouring, which stops at that exact medium in which the purity and perfection of taste lies, leave... | |
| Sir Uvedale Price - Aesthetics - 1810 - 444 pages
...the sweetness with which it melts into the ground, the clearness and transparency of his colouring, which stops at that exact medium in which the purity and perfection of taste Jies, leave nothing to bw wished for." If there be any style of painting, which, in centra-distinction... | |
| William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 436 pages
...colour, and his mode of finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other painter : the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground ; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and... | |
| William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 432 pages
...colour, and his mode of finishing, approach nearer to perfection than those of any other painter : the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with which it melts into the ground ; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and... | |
| William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...sweetness with which it melts into the ground; the cleanness and transparency of his colouring, which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and perfection of taste lies, leave nothing to be wished for. Baroccio, though, upon the whole, one of his most successful imitators,... | |
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