 | Edmund Burke - 1772 - 656 oldal
...bufinefs of the art, there is no doubt, indeed, but the mintjte painter would be more apt to fucceed : but it is not the eye, it is the mind, which the painter of ganius defires to addrefs ; nor will Jie waile a moment upon thefe f ;>al!er objects, which only ferve... | |
 | 1803 - 582 oldal
...in every one of his figures the character of its Ipecies. If deceiving the eye were the only bufmefs of the art, there is no doubt, indeed, but the minute painter would be more apt to fucceed : but it is not the eye, it is the mind, which the painter of genius delires to addrefs ; nor... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 oldal
...discriminations, which distinguish one object of the same species from another ; while he, like the philosopher, will consider nature in the abstract, and represent...will he waste a moment upon those smaller objects whirl. only serve to catch the sense* to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 oldal
...discriminations, which distinguish one object of the same species from another ; while he, like the philosopher, will consider nature in the abstract, and represent in every one of his figures the character of ks species. If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art, there is no doubt, indeed, but... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 oldal
...no new supply. — Swift. MDXIV. If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art of painting, there is no doubt, indeed, but the minute painter...genius desires to address; nor will he waste a moment on those smaller objects, which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 oldal
...no new supply. — Swift. MDXIV. If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art of painting, there is no doubt, indeed, but the minute painter...genius desires to address; nor will he waste a moment on those smaller objects, which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1834 - 502 oldal
...canvas. You seel am fully apprised of the correctness of the observation by Sir Joshua Reynolds, that ' it is not the eye, it is the mind, which the painter of genius desires to address, that it is this intellectual dignity that ennobles the painter's art, that lays the line between him... | |
 | 458 oldal
...discriminations which distinguish one object of the same species from another; while he, like the philosopher, will consider nature in the abstract, and represent...every one of his figures the character of its species. (To he continued.) To CLEAN MARBLE, JASPER, PORPHTRT, &c. — Mix up a quantity of the strongest aoap-Ues... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason - 1852 - 518 oldal
...discriminations, which distinguish one object of the same species from another ; while he, like the philosopher, will consider nature in the abstract, and represent...;If deceiving the eye were the only business of the at, there is no doubt, indeed, but the minute painter vould be more apt to succeed ; but it is not... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 oldal
...no new supply. — Swift. MDXIV. If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art of painting, there is no doubt, indeed, but the minute painter...genius desires to address ; nor will he waste a moment on those smaller objects, which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract... | |
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He will permit the lower painter, like the florist or collector of shells, to exhibit the minute discriminations which distinguish one object of the same species from another; while he, like the philosopher, will consider nature in the abstract, and represent... 
