 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
 | Matthew Pilkington - Painters - 1829 - 586 pages
...His colour and 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, leaves... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1831 - 594 pages
..."-approach nearer ц perfection than those of any other painter the gliding motion of his outline, and n.< 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 lies, leaves... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Biography - 1832 - 540 pages
...finishing," says Sir Joshua Reynolds, " approach nearer lo 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, leaves... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Biography - 1832 - 548 pages
...finishing," nays Sir Joshua Reynolds, " 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; tha clearness and transparency of his colouring, which stops at that exact medium in which the purity... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1835 - 514 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 - 1835 - 536 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... | |
 | Matthew Pilkington - 1840 - 794 pages
...His colour and 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, leaves... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Painters - 1846 - 506 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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Biography - 1846 - 544 pages
...with which it melts into the ground; the clearness and transparency uf his colouring, which -r.,¡- at that exact medium in which the purity and perfection of taste lie?, leaves nothing to be wished for.1* Yet, notwithstanding his genius and industry, ** poorly, poor... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Biography - 1849 - 544 pages
...to perfection than those of any other painter; the gliding motion of his outline, and the sweetneee 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 lies, leaves... | |
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