| Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...variety, a fancy, and a dignity, derived from the higher branches, which even those, who proC ssi 3 fcssed them in a superior manner, did not always preserve,...invention of History, and the amenity of Landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 pages
...branches, which " even those who professed them in a su" perior manner, did not always preserve, *g when they delineated individual nature. " His Portraits...invention of history, and the amenity of " landscape. In painting portraits, he ap" peared not to be raised upon that platform, " but to descend to it from... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait 160 he went beyond them ; for he communicated to that...invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appears not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a... | |
| 1808 - 388 pages
...a variety, a fancy, and a dignity, derived from the higher branches, which even those who possessed them in a superior manner, did not always preserve...invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. la painting portraits, he appeared not to be raised upon the platform, but to descend to it from a... | |
| 1808 - 540 pages
...a variety, a fancy, and a dignity, derived from the higher branches, which even those who possessed them in a superior manner, did not always preserve...invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to be raised upon the platform, but to descend to it from a... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 pages
...a dignity " derived from the higher branches, which " even those who professed them in a su" perior manner, did not always preserve, " when they delineated...invention of history, and the amenity of лл landscape. In painting portraits, he ap*' peared not to be raised upon that platform, " but to descend to it from... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 430 pages
...dignity '* derived from the highe* branches, which " even those who professed them in a su'" perior manner, did not always preserve, *' when they delineated...the •' invention of history, and the amenity of 4 " landscape. In painting portraits, he ap" peared not to be raised upon that platform, " but to descend... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 646 pages
...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for...invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a... | |
| 1811 - 644 pages
...in a superior manner, did not always preserve, when they delineated individual nature. His poVtraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to he raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a... | |
| 1813 - 662 pages
...are the most engaged, a variety, a fancy, and a dignity, derived from * Malone's Life, pp. crx, ex. the higher branches, which even those who professed...invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend upon it from... | |
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