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
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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