The Theory of the Arts: Or, Art in Relation to Nature, Civilization, and Man. Comprising an Investigation, Analytical and Critical, Into the Origin, Rise, Province, Principles, and Application of Each of the Arts, Volume 2 |
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... Costume . . 215 10. Gardening . . 217 11. The present condition of art 218 12. Counteracting influences affecting art , both past and present . . 223 CHAPTER XIV . THE PROSPECTS FOR BRITISH ART . 1. The character and turn of the ...
... Costume . . 215 10. Gardening . . 217 11. The present condition of art 218 12. Counteracting influences affecting art , both past and present . . 223 CHAPTER XIV . THE PROSPECTS FOR BRITISH ART . 1. The character and turn of the ...
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... costume . In the former the irregularity of passion , and in the latter the rudeness of nature , can occasionally be imitated and allowed . More especially is this the case in gar- dening , where an amount of wildness and confusion in ...
... costume . In the former the irregularity of passion , and in the latter the rudeness of nature , can occasionally be imitated and allowed . More especially is this the case in gar- dening , where an amount of wildness and confusion in ...
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... costume , it is also to be observed ; and as regards the due apportionment of light and serious , of lively and grave passages , a principle closely analogous to it may be laid down with respect to compositions in poetry , elo- quence ...
... costume , it is also to be observed ; and as regards the due apportionment of light and serious , of lively and grave passages , a principle closely analogous to it may be laid down with respect to compositions in poetry , elo- quence ...
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... the disposition of the figures in a composition in painting . In act- ing , the placing of the performers proceeds upon principles closely analogous to those observed with regard to composi- tions Costume 215 Disposition of groups.
... the disposition of the figures in a composition in painting . In act- ing , the placing of the performers proceeds upon principles closely analogous to those observed with regard to composi- tions Costume 215 Disposition of groups.
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... costume , or gardening , and a dramatic representation . In each case the main channel of ideas must be kept open and clear , although a certain number of epi- sodes may with advantage be introduced along with it . The lesser streams ...
... costume , or gardening , and a dramatic representation . In each case the main channel of ideas must be kept open and clear , although a certain number of epi- sodes may with advantage be introduced along with it . The lesser streams ...
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Page 97 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal* vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 132 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 96 - I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And. thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven.
Page 132 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 95 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul...
Page 131 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 124 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 134 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. "He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Page 173 - And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions : and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Page 172 - And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.