The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 106
... artist , Hayman , was the nominal tutor of Gains- borough . The genius of the lad was not developed till he had done with his teacher , and took Rubens , Teniers , and Vandyke for his guides . What he thus learnt , ' says Reynolds , he ...
... artist , Hayman , was the nominal tutor of Gains- borough . The genius of the lad was not developed till he had done with his teacher , and took Rubens , Teniers , and Vandyke for his guides . What he thus learnt , ' says Reynolds , he ...
Page 107
... artist . He belonged to the class of what Sir Joshua called ' the cold painter of portraits . ' If allow- ance is made for the stiffness of his forms , he was a good copyist of literal nature , and gave true and strong representations ...
... artist . He belonged to the class of what Sir Joshua called ' the cold painter of portraits . ' If allow- ance is made for the stiffness of his forms , he was a good copyist of literal nature , and gave true and strong representations ...
Page 108
... artists who have distanced their rivals at starting have been spoilt by success . They have been content with the acqui- sitions which had secured them reputation , they have gone on repeating their old stock of ideas , they have grown ...
... artists who have distanced their rivals at starting have been spoilt by success . They have been content with the acqui- sitions which had secured them reputation , they have gone on repeating their old stock of ideas , they have grown ...
Page 110
... artists . Reynolds , ' wrote Burke to Barry in August , 1767 , still keeps that superiority over the rest which he always had from his genius , sense , and morals . ' The phrase bears witness to the contempt entertained by the artist ...
... artists . Reynolds , ' wrote Burke to Barry in August , 1767 , still keeps that superiority over the rest which he always had from his genius , sense , and morals . ' The phrase bears witness to the contempt entertained by the artist ...
Page 115
... artist was devoid of sentiment and imagina- tion . With Rubens these attributes come out strongly in his landscape backgrounds , in his luxury of colour , in his fine taste for general effect in composition , and in the action and ...
... artist was devoid of sentiment and imagina- tion . With Rubens these attributes come out strongly in his landscape backgrounds , in his luxury of colour , in his fine taste for general effect in composition , and in the action and ...
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