Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. Annual Register - Pagina 195a cura di - 1821Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 pagine
...was presented to each of the gentlemen attending the funeral. ' Sir Joshua Reynolds,' says Burke, ' was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. Ho was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pagine
...consolation from family tenderness, which his own kindness to his family had indeed well deserved. Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ;... | |
| Shearjashub Spooner - 1865 - 662 pagine
...his biog rnphers. he was one of the greatest painters that ever lived. Burke says, in his eulogium, " in taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equai to the greatest masters of the renowned ages . ' in portraits he went beyond... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1866 - 432 pagine
...colour and light and shade. His eulogium cannot be better expressed than in the words of Bnrke : โ ' He was the first Englishman who added the praise of...the elegant arts to the other glories of his country ;' ' The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.' Sir... | |
| Shearjashub Spooner - 1867 - 654 pagine
...his biog raphers, he was one of the greatest painters that ever lived. Burke says, in his eulogium, " in taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equai to the greatest masters of the renowned ages . in portraits he went beyond them.... | |
| 1867 - 818 pagine
...to have come down from a more lofty sphere. Verily it were not too much to assert that " Sir Joshua Reynolds .was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time." Tho town was divided between Romney and Reynolds. "There are two factions," said Lord Thurlow, " the... | |
| National gallery - 1869 - 208 pagine
...from the pen of Burke appeared in the public prints :โ " Sir Joshua Reynolds," says this document, "was on very many accounts one of the most memorable...praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of Ms country. In taste, in grace, and facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1870 - 554 pagine
...words in which Burke commemorated his friend Sir Joshua Reynolds, when he says, " He was the first who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country." 1 An ingenious English writer, who sees Art with the eye of taste and humanity, and whom I quote with... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1870 - 556 pagine
...words in which Burke commemorated his friend Sir Joshua Reynolds, when he says, " He was the first who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country." 1 An ingenious English writer, who sees Art with the eye of taste and humanity, and whom I quote with... | |
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