Statues of John Graham Lough1828 |
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acquired admirable admit afford Alcyone appear approach Artist attention attitude beautiful forms blemishes bold breast calculated cave cavern character close comparison contemplation countenance death delicate Deus devoured difficult dignity and perfect displayed doubt dream dusky endeavoured endurance English enthusiasm excellent exhibited expression face falling back feelings figure of SOMNUS flesh forcible glowing Grace Grecian hand head idea ideal beauty impart intense iterumque jacent JOHN GRAHAM LOUGH judgment Juno kind labori languore limbs lines lips LONDON luxuriant mark merely messenger MILO mind MUSIDORA Naiad nature noble Nymph object observed painting particular passage perfect beauty perhaps present principle PRINTED BY THOMAS production Quies raise realise regard repose respectful rich SAMPSON sculpture Sir Joshua Reynolds sleep SOMNUS AND IRIS statue strength style sublime sufferings symmetry THOMAS DAVISON touch various venture visions wanting whilst WHITEFRIAR whole wolf words
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Стр. 12 - And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face ! What though the sun, with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown, — The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measured...
Стр. 16 - ... forms ; and which by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discerning what each wants in particular. This long laborious comparison should be the first study of the painter, who aims at the greatest style. By this means, he acquires a just idea of beautiful forms ; he corrects nature by herself, her imperfect state by her more perfect.
Стр. 16 - ... imperfection. But it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of these forms, and which, by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discerning what each wants in particular.
Стр. 15 - All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination will be found to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful forms have something about them like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection. But it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of these forms; and which, by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discerning what...
Стр. 11 - Medicis might certainly receive much improvement by colour ; but the character of Sculpture makes it her duty to afford delight of a different, and, perhaps, of a higher kind ; the delight resulting from the contemplation of perfect beauty : and this, which is in truth an intellectual pleasure, is in many respects incompatible with what is merely addressed to the senses, such as that with which ignorance and levity contemplate elegance of form.
Стр. 16 - This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls ' the Ideal Beauty, is the great leading principle by which works of genius are conducted.
Стр. 12 - The maiden paused, as if again She thought to catch the distant strain. With head upraised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seem'd to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Стр. 9 - Perplex'd his breast, and urged him to retire : But love forbade. Ye prudes in virtue, say, Say, ye severest, what would you have done ? Meantime, this fairer nymph than ever bless'd Arcadian stream, with timid eye around The banks surveying, stripp'd her beauteous limbs, To taste the lucid coolness of the flood. Ah then ! not Paris on the piny top Of Ida panted stronger, when aside The rival goddesses the veil divine Cast...