 | James Field Stanfield - 1813 - 402 страници
...able to get above all singular forms, local customs, particularities, and details of every kind." " It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of those forms : and which, by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 страници
...opinion, in being able_to get above all singular _ customs,particularities,^nd details of every^ kind. All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature,...contemplation and comparison of these forms ; and which by_a_Jlong habit of observing what any setofpbjects of the same kind havejn common, has acquired the... | |
 | Buonarroti - 1828 - 24 страници
...venture, in conclusion, to offer a few words of advice, in the language of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; " All the objects which are exhibited to our " view by nature,...something about " them like weakness, minuteness, or imper" fection. But it is not every eye that perceives " these blemishes. It must be an eye long ac"... | |
 | 1842 - 554 страници
...objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination, will be found,' he says, ' to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful...; and which, by a long habit of observing what any eet of objects of the same kind have in common, has acqifired the power of discerning what each wants... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1842 - 318 страници
...able to get above all singular forms, local customs, particularities, and details of every kind.6 All the objects which are exhibited to our view by Nature,...is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of those Arts themselves ;... | |
 | 1842 - 530 страници
...Reynolds has referred the idea of beauty to some ' central form' in the objects of our perception. 'All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination, will be found,' he says, ' to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful forms have something about them... | |
 | 1842 - 528 страници
...Reynolds has referred the idea of beauty to some ' central form* in the objects of our perception. 'All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination, will be found,' he says, ' to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful forms have something about them... | |
 | 1842 - 540 страници
...Reynolds has referred the idea of beauty to some ' central form' in the objects of our perception. 'All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination, will be found,' he says, ' to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful forms have something about them... | |
 | 1844 - 444 страници
...able to get above all singulax^forms, local customs, ^particularities and details of every kin^,/ All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature,...them like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection." The painter, therefore, who aims at the grand style-jshould form an " idea of the perfect state of... | |
 | 1844 - 456 страници
...able to get above all singular forms, local customs, particularities and details of every kind. All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature,...them like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection." The painter, therefore, who aims at the grand style, should form an " idea of the perfect state of... | |
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Nature, or, in other words, what is particular and uncommon, can be acquired only by experience ; and the whole beauty and grandeur of the art consists, in my opinion, in being able to get above all singular forms, local customs, particularities, and... 
