The Hand-book of Taste, Or, How to Observe Works of Art: Especially Cartoons, Pictures, and StatuesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - 119 oldal |
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10. oldal
... thing beautiful pleases us ; but that pleasure ought not to end there : it ought to procure us some positive benefit . Real pleasures are fertile in utility ; those which bear no fruit are vain , silly , and deceptious . What would an ...
... thing beautiful pleases us ; but that pleasure ought not to end there : it ought to procure us some positive benefit . Real pleasures are fertile in utility ; those which bear no fruit are vain , silly , and deceptious . What would an ...
19. oldal
... things which can be submitted to rule and to the test of common sense . And if a perfect uniformity of opinion cannot be obtained even on this point , it arises from the difference of passions , and the pre- judices of habit . " Take my ...
... things which can be submitted to rule and to the test of common sense . And if a perfect uniformity of opinion cannot be obtained even on this point , it arises from the difference of passions , and the pre- judices of habit . " Take my ...
43. oldal
... called mannerism , as a term of reproach . If an artist is not endowed with a ready and copious invention , he becomes mannered ; be- cause he is always repeating the same things and ideas , while nature is infinite in her varieties.
... called mannerism , as a term of reproach . If an artist is not endowed with a ready and copious invention , he becomes mannered ; be- cause he is always repeating the same things and ideas , while nature is infinite in her varieties.
47. oldal
... thing to learn ; and necessity is the mother of invention . It is this which en- courages reflecting men to hope that our turn will come , and that we may be able to decorate the council chamber of the nation with pro- ductions of ...
... thing to learn ; and necessity is the mother of invention . It is this which en- courages reflecting men to hope that our turn will come , and that we may be able to decorate the council chamber of the nation with pro- ductions of ...
61. oldal
... little . 2. Every thing whatever is composed of parts ; and these parts are again composed of smaller ones ; and each of these smaller ones contains others still smaller than itself , and so on ad infinitum . The face , for example ,
... little . 2. Every thing whatever is composed of parts ; and these parts are again composed of smaller ones ; and each of these smaller ones contains others still smaller than itself , and so on ad infinitum . The face , for example ,
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