Lectures on Sculpture: As Delivered Before the President and Members of the Royal AcademyBell & Daldy, 1865 - 308 pàgines |
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Pàgina 104 - ... distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendon, and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with the deer-like lightness and elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive.
Pàgina 92 - Olympian conquerors, his head crowned with olive, and his pallium decorated with beasts, birds, and flowers. The four corners of the throne were dancing Victories, each supported by a sphinx tearing a Theban youth. At the back of the throne, above his head, were the three Hours or seasons on one side, and on the other the three Graces. On the bar between the legs of the throne, and the panels or spaces between them, were represented many stories ; the destruction of Niobe's children...
Pàgina 125 - Beauty ; for the artist has left specimens of this quality in several of his works. We were a good deal disappointed. It sets out in this manner : ' That beauty is not merely an imaginary quality, but a real essence, may be inferred from the harmony of the universe ; and the perfection of its wondrous parts we may understand from all surrounding nature ; and in this course of observation we find that man has more of beauty bestowed on him as he rises higher in creation.
Pàgina 251 - Florence, there is an alto-relievo of two singing boys, of extraordinary beauty in sentiment, character, drawing, and drapery. In the gallery of Florence there is a bronze statue of a lad, (perhaps a Mercury,) so delicately proportioned, and so perfectly natural, that it is excelled only by the best works of antiquity, in certain exquisite graces peculiar to the finest monuments in Greece. The cotemporaries of this artist are not to be forgotten, although perhaps, on the whole, inferior sculptors...
Pàgina 44 - ... the delicacy of thought in the group of angels bearing the soul, and the tender sentiment of concern variously expressed in the relations ranged in order round the basement, forcibly arrest the attention, and carry the thoughts not only to other ages, but to other states of existence.
Pàgina 129 - As the affections of man stimulate and engage him in every act, so his understanding directs the means and looks to the end in every employment through life. These modify the exterior of the face and figure, according to constant habit or momentary impulse. The passionate are known by quick, fiery glances, swollen brows, dilated nostrils, the mouth a little open, the movements of the whole figure sudden, the muscles of the body being disposed to rigidity and contraction.
Pàgina 236 - Euripides, and Sophocles ; the systems of ancient philosophy with Greek mysteries, initiations, and mythology. The study of these will give the young artist the true principles of composition. By carefully observing them, he will accustom himself to a noble habit of thinking, and consequently...
Pàgina 40 - The west front of this church," says Flaxman,* " equally testifies the piety and comprehension of the bishop's mind. The sculpture presents the noblest, most useful, and interesting subjects possible to be chosen. On the south side, above the west door, are alto-relievos of the creation in its different parts — the deluge, and important acts of the patriarchs.
Pàgina 47 - ... employment of sculpture in this kingdom before the Reformation. It appears that Torrigiana, a sculptor of eminence, was employed about six years upon the tomb, while the chapel, with all its carvings and statues, was confided to the hands of Englishmen. The architecture of the tomb was a mixture of Roman arches and decoration, very different from the arches of the chapel, which are all pointed; the figures of the tomb have a better proportion and drawing in the naked than those of the chapel...
Pàgina 267 - ... of action ; to these might be added an enumeration of distinctions both celestial and terrestrial. But the arts of design may exert their utmost efforts if employed on the personages and events of Divine revelation. The gradations of celestial power and beauty in the orders of angels and archangels, the grandeur and inspiration of prophets, according to the difference of mission, and the sanctity of apostles, have produced examples of grace, beauty, and grandeur of character, original in themselves,...