 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
 | Shearjashub Spooner - 1873 - 666 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.... | |
 | Shearjashub Spooner - 1873 - 664 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.... | |
 | Joseph Beavington Atkinson - 1874 - 216 pagine
...Academy embodies the ideal of the artist life. " Sir Joshua Reynolds," wrote his friend Edmund Burke, "was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time." His accomplishments made him an ornament to society, his social qualities endeared him to his friends... | |
 | George Scharf - 1875 - 324 pagine
...in St. Paul's Cathedral. Burke wrote of him the day after his death the fallowing : — " Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the " most...other glories of his country. " In taste, in grace, and facility ; in happy invention, and in the richness " and harmony of colouring, he was equal to... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pagine
...consola{ion 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 memorable men ol his time. He was the first Englishman who added tho praise of the elegant arts to the other glories... | |
 | Louis Alexander Fagan - 1876 - 252 pagine
...last-mentioned says : " Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most remarkable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added...facility, in happy invention, and in the richness of harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he was... | |
 | James Birchall - 1876 - 970 pagine
...School, this honour has generally been attributed, nud without contradiction, to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country."^ At the accession of George the Third, Reynolds was already in the full fide of success, and the acknowledged... | |
 | George Scharf - 1877 - 360 pagine
...interred in St. Paul's Cathedral. Burke wrote of him the day after his death the following:—" Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many " accounts one of the most...other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, and facility; in " happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he " was equal to... | |
 | Emily Cooper - 1877 - 560 pagine
...encouragement on both music and painting. The great painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds, is said to have been ' the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.' 1 Shortly after the commencement of this reign, the first public exhibition of pictures took place... | |
 | Emily Cooper - 1877 - 550 pagine
...encouragement on both music and painting. The great painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds, is said to have been ' the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.'1 Shortly after the commencement of this reign, the first public exhibition of pictures took... | |
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