The Works of Jonathan Richardson: Containing I. The Theory of Painting. ... A New Edition, Corrected, with the Additions of An Essay on the Knowledge of Prints, and Cautions to Collectors. Ornamented with Portraits ...Printed at Strawberry-Hill [i.e. London] Sold by B. White and Son; T. and J. Egerton; J. Debrett; R. Faulder, and W. Miller; [and 3 others in London], 1792 - Engraving - 282 pages |
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... fhew the usefulness of this art to mankind . I pretend not to go regularly through all particulars , or here , or elsewhere , throughout this whole undertaking , to fay all that is to be faid on the fubject ; I write as the scraps of ...
... fhew the usefulness of this art to mankind . I pretend not to go regularly through all particulars , or here , or elsewhere , throughout this whole undertaking , to fay all that is to be faid on the fubject ; I write as the scraps of ...
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... fhew the univerfal empire of love . Signior Dorigny has made prints of the whole work . In portraits , the invention of the painter is exercised in the choice of the air , and attitude , the action , drapery , and ornaments , with ...
... fhew the univerfal empire of love . Signior Dorigny has made prints of the whole work . In portraits , the invention of the painter is exercised in the choice of the air , and attitude , the action , drapery , and ornaments , with ...
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... fhew it to be him , not only a crutch is under his feet on the ground , but an old man takes up the lappet of his garment , and looks upon the limb which he remembered to have been crippled , and expreffes great devotion , and ...
... fhew it to be him , not only a crutch is under his feet on the ground , but an old man takes up the lappet of his garment , and looks upon the limb which he remembered to have been crippled , and expreffes great devotion , and ...
Page 49
... fhew it was fhe , and not one of the mufes intended in the Parnaffus : and in the Gallery of Farnese , that Anchises might not be mistaken for Adonis , Genus unde Latinum was written . In the carton of Elymas , the Sorcerer , it does ...
... fhew it was fhe , and not one of the mufes intended in the Parnaffus : and in the Gallery of Farnese , that Anchises might not be mistaken for Adonis , Genus unde Latinum was written . In the carton of Elymas , the Sorcerer , it does ...
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... fhew the outline all around , and in every part , ' as well as where the object is terminated on its back ground . In a compofition of feveral figures , or whatever other bodies , if the perspective is not juft the drawing of that ...
... fhew the outline all around , and in every part , ' as well as where the object is terminated on its back ground . In a compofition of feveral figures , or whatever other bodies , if the perspective is not juft the drawing of that ...
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alfo alſo amongſt Annibale Annibale Caracci artiſt beauty becauſe befides beft beſt buſineſs cafe carton character circumftances colouring compofition confequently confiderable confidered confifts connoiffeur copy Correggio defcribed defign degree diftinguiſhed divine drapery drawing eſpecially etched excellent expreffion exprefs faid fame feems feen fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhould figures filks firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpirit ftory fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed Giulio Giulio Romano give goodneſs grace greateſt greatneſs hand Hiftory himſelf ideas improved inftances itſelf judge juft kind landſcapes leaſt lefs Leonardo da Vinci mafter manner Michelangelo mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary noble obferve occafion otherwife ourſelves painter Painting Parmeggiano perfon picture pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible portraits Pouffin prefent prints purpoſe Rafaelle raiſed reafon reft reprefented reſemblance reſpect Rome Rubens ſay ſcience ſee ſeen ſeveral ſome ſpeaking ſtory ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Titian underſtanding uſeful Van Dyck