The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 pàgines |
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... neck , and breaft are painted with vermillion ( co- lour ) and fome of the warriors have the fkin of the breaft , and muscular parts of the body very curiously B 3 Robert Drury's account of the practice of ftealing cattle in [ 5 ]
... neck , and breaft are painted with vermillion ( co- lour ) and fome of the warriors have the fkin of the breaft , and muscular parts of the body very curiously B 3 Robert Drury's account of the practice of ftealing cattle in [ 5 ]
Pàgina 31
... painting , and mufic , existed ; but fo very imperfectly , as not to merit the appellation of elegant arts . The buildings in this period of society are as much inferior to thofe of the prefent times , as fu- perior to the wretched huts ...
... painting , and mufic , existed ; but fo very imperfectly , as not to merit the appellation of elegant arts . The buildings in this period of society are as much inferior to thofe of the prefent times , as fu- perior to the wretched huts ...
Pàgina 32
... painting of the times bear an incorrect refemblance to the forms they would re- prefent , and to atone for the want of truth and pro- portion , are elaborate in trifles . The mufic , if we are to judge from what has reached us , is ...
... painting of the times bear an incorrect refemblance to the forms they would re- prefent , and to atone for the want of truth and pro- portion , are elaborate in trifles . The mufic , if we are to judge from what has reached us , is ...
Pàgina 64
... painting , fculpture , and architecture have been carried to a great degree of excellence in the Silver - Age of ancient Greece and Rome , of modern Italy , France and England - but not equally fo . It has already been remarked , that ...
... painting , fculpture , and architecture have been carried to a great degree of excellence in the Silver - Age of ancient Greece and Rome , of modern Italy , France and England - but not equally fo . It has already been remarked , that ...
Pàgina 65
... painting ; the works of the Brazen- Age are deficient in defign , colouring , drawing , grouping , and every other prin- ciple of the art ; all which are held , and practiced as effentials , by the moderns . From the pictures which have ...
... painting ; the works of the Brazen- Age are deficient in defign , colouring , drawing , grouping , and every other prin- ciple of the art ; all which are held , and practiced as effentials , by the moderns . From the pictures which have ...
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Æneid againſt alfo alſo artiſt becauſe beſt Brazen-Age cauſe circumſtances confequence confidered confift converfation courſe cuſtom effect Epitaph eſtabliſhed exifts exiſt expreffed faid fame fays feems fenfation fhall fhew firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fource ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely genius Gothic Gothic Architecture greateſt himſelf honour houſe idea increaſed inftances inftrument inſtead Iron-Age laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty meaſure ment modern moſt mufic muft muſical muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffages painting perfection perfons perhaps philofopher pleaſe pleaſure poet poffeffion poffefs Pope preſent principle produced progrefs purpoſe reaſon refpect replied reſemblance ſay ſcarce Schâh ſcience ſeems ſhall ſhort ſhould Silver-Age ſmall ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Timur tion ture ufual uſe Voltaire wiſh worfe worſe Zadib