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" 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 321
by G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 540 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...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 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...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1813 - 536 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." Mr. Fuseli's opinion of Corregio may with great propriety close these...
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A guide to Burghley house, Northamptonshire [by T. Blore].

Thomas Blore - Antiques - 1815 - 320 pages
...Sir J. Reynolds observes, " it approaches nearer to perfection than that of any other painter ; the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetness with...the ground ; the clearness and transparency of his colouring which stop at that exact medium in which the purity and perfection of taste lies, leave nothing...
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The literary works [&c.]. In which is included a memoir by J ..., Volume 3

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 382 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...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kt. Late President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art, English - 1819 - 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...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...: Containing His ..., Volume 3

Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1819 - 382 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...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 280 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...
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Somerset House Gazette and Literary Museum, Or, Weekly Miscellany of Fine ...

Art - 1824 - 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...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...
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The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the ..., Volume 3

Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1824 - 284 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...
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