History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture

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Allen and Goddard, 1831 - 299 страници
 

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Страница 231 - As with the force of winds and waters pent When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Страница 290 - But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing like to thee — Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. Since Zion's desolation, when that He Forsook his former city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in his honour piled, Of a sublimer aspect ? Majesty, Power, Glory, Strength, and Beauty, all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefiled.
Страница 256 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
Страница 137 - I remember very well my own disappointment when I first visited the Vatican ; but on confessing my feelings to a brother student, of whose ingenuousness I had a high opinion, he acknowledged that the works of Raphael had the same effect on him, or rather that they did not produce the effect which he expected.
Страница 289 - Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Страница 272 - It will not bear the brightness of the day, Which streams too much on all years, man, have reft away.
Страница 61 - ... generally have mistaken the influence exercised by his genius upon the progress and character of sculpture. Finding the highest sublimity in the more masculine graces of the art already reached; perceiving, also, that the taste of his age tended thitherwards ; he resolved to woo exclusively the rnilder and gentler beauties of style.
Страница 138 - In a short time a new taste and a new perception began to dawn upon me, and I was convinced that I had originally formed a false opinion of the perfection of art...
Страница 138 - ... surface, but lies deep, and at the first view is seen but mistily. " It is the florid style which strikes at once, and captivates the eye for a time, without ever satisfying the judgment.
Страница 181 - I desire you will use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all ; but remark all those roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me ; otherwise I never will pay one farthing for it.

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