 | Several Hands - 1771 - 614 pages
...learns to defign naturally by -drawing his figures unlike to any one object. This idej of the pcrfe£t ftate of nature, which the artift calls the ideal...beauty, is the great leading principle, by which works of-genius are conducted. By this Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a fober principle, what... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 pages
...drawing his figures unlike to any one object. This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls ' the Ideal Beauty, is the great leading principle...this Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle what has so much excited the enthusiasm of the world; and by this method you, who have... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 pages
...drawing his figures unlike to any one object. This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls the Ideal Beauty, is the great leading principle...this Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle what has so much excited the enthusiasm of the world ; and by this method you, who... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 pages
...state of nature, which the Artist calls the |3eal Beautjj, is the great leading principle byivKich works of genius are conducted. By this Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle what has so much excited the enthusiasm of the world ; and by this method you, who... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...drawing his figures unlike to any one object. This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls the ideal beauty, is the great leading principle...this, Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle what has so much excited the enthusiasm of the world ; and by this method you, who... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...drawing his figures unlike to any one object. This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls the ideal beauty, is the great leading principle...this, Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle what has so much excited the enthusiasm of the world ; and by this method you, who... | |
 | Buonarroti - 1828 - 24 pages
...imperfect state by her more perfect. " This idea of the perfect beauty of nature, which " the Artist calls the ideal beauty, is the great " leading principle by which works of genius arc " conducted. By this Phidias acquired his fame. " He wrought upon a solid principle what has so... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 726 pages
...drawing his figures unlike to any one object. This idea of the perfect state of Nature, which the Artist calls the Ideal beauty, is the great leading principle...this Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle what has so much excited the enthusiasm of the world ; and by this method you, who... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 318 pages
...drawing his figures unlike to any one object. This idea of the perfect state of Nature, which the Artist calls the Ideal beauty, is the great leading principle by which works of genius are conducted.7 By this Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle what has so much excited... | |
 | 1845 - 496 pages
...drawing his figures unlike any one object. His idea of the perfect state of nature, which the artist calls the ideal beauty, is the great leading principle...this, Phidias acquired his fame. He wrought upon a sober principle which has so much excited the enthusiasm of the world ; and by this method, you, who... | |
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This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls ' the Ideal Beauty, is the great leading principle by which works of genius are conducted. 
