The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 125
... whole of his superiority . Johnson , indeed , remarked that his peculiar excellence was his variety , and that there was no character , perhaps , which had not been as perfectly played by somebody else . But the best portion of his ...
... whole of his superiority . Johnson , indeed , remarked that his peculiar excellence was his variety , and that there was no character , perhaps , which had not been as perfectly played by somebody else . But the best portion of his ...
Page 143
... whole career was an exemplification of the same perseverance . He never composed his pictures with facility , and to the last he might be said to carry on a contest of will against power . Happily , in art , as in literature , there is ...
... whole career was an exemplification of the same perseverance . He never composed his pictures with facility , and to the last he might be said to carry on a contest of will against power . Happily , in art , as in literature , there is ...
Page 144
... whole appeared a scene of holy mystery ; nor could the imagina- tion have been more powerfully affected if the same scene had been illustrated by the forms of Michael Angelo and Raphael . 6 < Sir Joshua continued to produce historical ...
... whole appeared a scene of holy mystery ; nor could the imagina- tion have been more powerfully affected if the same scene had been illustrated by the forms of Michael Angelo and Raphael . 6 < Sir Joshua continued to produce historical ...
Page 145
... whole composition , and says that the picture need not fear comparison with Rembrandt for the depth , warmth , and golden - toned clearness of the colouring . ' The child in the act of strangling the serpents was the gem of the piece ...
... whole composition , and says that the picture need not fear comparison with Rembrandt for the depth , warmth , and golden - toned clearness of the colouring . ' The child in the act of strangling the serpents was the gem of the piece ...
Page 147
... whole - length was twenty , forty , and eighty guineas ; whereas Reynolds could venture in 1781 , when the race was the closest , to raise his prices to fifty , one hundred , and two hundred guineas , or considerably more than double ...
... whole - length was twenty , forty , and eighty guineas ; whereas Reynolds could venture in 1781 , when the race was the closest , to raise his prices to fifty , one hundred , and two hundred guineas , or considerably more than double ...
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