Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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Página 103
... living figures , it can best be reached by a happy embodiment of the Ideal . Accordingly it was in their statuary that the Ideal beauty of the Greeks specially developed itself ; and it is in the works of Flaxman and Canova , rather ...
... living figures , it can best be reached by a happy embodiment of the Ideal . Accordingly it was in their statuary that the Ideal beauty of the Greeks specially developed itself ; and it is in the works of Flaxman and Canova , rather ...
Página 106
... living beings to the laws of gravitation , renders attitudes which might be tolerable in the one art , not so in the other . The hardness and rigidity of the material , too - marble or bronze - renders it not very suitable for the ...
... living beings to the laws of gravitation , renders attitudes which might be tolerable in the one art , not so in the other . The hardness and rigidity of the material , too - marble or bronze - renders it not very suitable for the ...
Página 112
... living form of man . " And to this he appends the following magniloquent interjection : - " It is thus that the gems of antiquity show us Prometheus over his awful work ! " All nonsense . It is not a skeleton - a Death , with grinning ...
... living form of man . " And to this he appends the following magniloquent interjection : - " It is thus that the gems of antiquity show us Prometheus over his awful work ! " All nonsense . It is not a skeleton - a Death , with grinning ...
Página 115
... living in bark tents , scarcely a degree advanced above the beasts of the field . They have now gone farther west , towards the setting sun , which symbolises their destiny . No philanthropy can civilise them , -no ingenuity can induce ...
... living in bark tents , scarcely a degree advanced above the beasts of the field . They have now gone farther west , towards the setting sun , which symbolises their destiny . No philanthropy can civilise them , -no ingenuity can induce ...
Página 119
... living and enjoying themselves amidst those very scenes where we ourselves now pant and revel in the drama of existence , let us look upon the face of Europe as it appears when first the light of history broke upon it . Since then ...
... living and enjoying themselves amidst those very scenes where we ourselves now pant and revel in the drama of existence , let us look upon the face of Europe as it appears when first the light of history broke upon it . Since then ...
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Página 195 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned Natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British Territories in India...
Página 362 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.