The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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Page 77
... London , where he painted coaches and made copies of old masters for picture dealers . By 1717 he was in Florence , where , according to George Vertue , the engraver who became the Va- sari of English art , " from ye great Duke's ...
... London , where he painted coaches and made copies of old masters for picture dealers . By 1717 he was in Florence , where , according to George Vertue , the engraver who became the Va- sari of English art , " from ye great Duke's ...
Page 104
... London ) , with more than fifty portraits , each carefully studied , when possible , from life . It is a theatrical tour de force unified by a strong design in light and shade to record the last act of Pitt in denouncing the crown's ...
... London ) , with more than fifty portraits , each carefully studied , when possible , from life . It is a theatrical tour de force unified by a strong design in light and shade to record the last act of Pitt in denouncing the crown's ...
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... London . On the way he stopped in Newcastle , which he thought a mean and grimy place after " fair Edinburgh . " There he called on the aged Thomas Bewick , famous for his sensitive wood engravings , and watched him with huge hands ...
... London . On the way he stopped in Newcastle , which he thought a mean and grimy place after " fair Edinburgh . " There he called on the aged Thomas Bewick , famous for his sensitive wood engravings , and watched him with huge hands ...
Contents
Spain and France in the New World | 4 |
The Seventeenth Century | 11 |
The Tradition and the Arts of the Puritans | 15 |
Copyright | |
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