 | William Hogarth - 1808 - 346 pages
...moderns (I mean Laocoon and his two sons), chose to be guilty of the absurdity of making the sons of half the father's size, though they have every other...their composition within the boundary of a pyramid *. Thus, if a judicious workman were employed to make a case of wood, for preserving it from the injuries... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Aesthetics - 1874 - 456 pages
...ever was made either by ancients or moderns ' (I mean Laocoon and his two sons), ' chose to be guilty of making the sons half the father's size, though they have every mark of being designed for men, rather than not bring their composition within the boundary of a pyramid."... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Aesthetics - 1874 - 444 pages
...ever was made either by ancients or moderns ' (I mean Laocoon and his two sons), ' chose to be guilty of making the sons half the father's size, though they have every mark of being designed for men, rather than not bring their composition within the boundary of a pyramid.'... | |
 | William Hogarth - Aesthetics - 1908 - 256 pages
...moderns, I mean Laocoon and his two sons, chose to be guilty of the absurdity of making the sons of half the father's size, though they have every other...their composition within the boundary of a pyramid, figure 2, plate 7. Thus if a judicious workman were employed to make a case of wood, for preserving... | |
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The authors ' (for there were three concerned in the work) ' of as fine a group of figures in sculpture as ever was made either by ancients or moderns ' (I mean Laocoon and his two sons), ' chose to be guilty of making the sons half the father's size,... 