An Essay on the Nature, the End, and the Means of Imitation in the Fine ArtsSmith, Elder and Company, 1837 - 468 Seiten |
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... circumstance that as the distance that separates the elements of the model from those of the image is small , so the degree of pleasure , ( i . e . pleasure of imitation , ) and yet more , its kind a 3 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . ix.
... circumstance that as the distance that separates the elements of the model from those of the image is small , so the degree of pleasure , ( i . e . pleasure of imitation , ) and yet more , its kind a 3 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . ix.
Seite x
... kind , must still retain it on the outer confines of Art . * This intention , however , from causes needless to state here , has been abandoned , and it may be as well that it is so , since this preamble must have run to a length that ...
... kind , must still retain it on the outer confines of Art . * This intention , however , from causes needless to state here , has been abandoned , and it may be as well that it is so , since this preamble must have run to a length that ...
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... kind of centre , which I look upon as the starting point of all the paths . It seems to me that certain alto- gether primary , and central , ideas upon what con- stitutes the elementary principle of that imitation which is proper to the ...
... kind of centre , which I look upon as the starting point of all the paths . It seems to me that certain alto- gether primary , and central , ideas upon what con- stitutes the elementary principle of that imitation which is proper to the ...
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... closely related to the nature of its end , those which depend on the action of the judgment and under- standing , and which are directed by taste in accor- dance with the genius proper to each kind of imitation INTRODUCTION . 5.
... closely related to the nature of its end , those which depend on the action of the judgment and under- standing , and which are directed by taste in accor- dance with the genius proper to each kind of imitation INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... kind of imitation . Nothing relative to execution , such as it is understood in ordinary language , is intro- duced in treating on the theory of these specific means . In short , be it understood , that the ques- tion to be discussed is ...
... kind of imitation . Nothing relative to execution , such as it is understood in ordinary language , is intro- duced in treating on the theory of these specific means . In short , be it understood , that the ques- tion to be discussed is ...
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abstract according action afford allegorical already appearance arise artist arts of design attain beauty belongs bodies Chap CHAPTER character Cicero colour consequently consists constitutes contrary conventions degree derived effect elements employed error especially Eupompus existence expression fact faculties fictious figure fine arts form of composition genius historical idea ideal style identity illusion imagination imita imitative resemblance impressions individual instance kind of imitation labour language less limited Lysippus Lysistratus manner Marie de Medicis material metaphorical mind moral nature of imitation necessary Nicholas Poussin notion objects operation painter painting pantomime particular perfection personages Phidias physical physiognomy picture Plautus pleasure poet poetical poetry present principle of imitation produced proper qualities QUATREMÈRE DE QUINCY racter reality regards relations render represented requires result senses sentiment speak spirit style of composition symbolical taste tence theory things tion transformation true truth understanding unity whole words Zeuxis
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Seite 77 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Seite 361 - La damigella non passava ancora Quattordici anni, ed era bella e fresca, Come rosa che spunti allora allora Fuor della buccia, e col sol novo cresca. Non pur di lei Bireno s...
Seite 86 - ... clamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit : quales mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram taurus, et incertam excussit cervice securim.
Seite 426 - O diva, gratum quae regis Antium, praesens vel imo tollere de gradu mortale corpus vel superbos vertere funeribus triumphos...
Seite 264 - Sed ego sic statuo, nihil esse in ullo genere tarn pulchrum, quo non pulchrius id sit unde illud ut ex ore aliquo quasi imago exprimatur; quod neque oculis neque auribus neque ullo sensu percipi potest, cogitatione tantum et mente complectimur.
Seite 102 - It consists in seeking truth short of the limits of every art, by a system of servile copy, which deprives the imitation or the image, of that fictious part which constitutes at once its essence and its character.
Seite 413 - Usually they are found with the body of a lion and the head of a woman...
Seite 265 - Nec vero ille artifex, cum faceret lovis formam aut Minervae, contemplabatur aliquem, e quo similitudinem duceret, sed ipsius in mente insidebat species pulchritudinis eximia quaedam, quam intuens in eaque defixus ad illius similitudinem artem et manum dirigebat.
Seite 424 - Concitet, imperiumque frangat. Te semper anteit saeva Necessitas, Clavos trabales et cuneos manu Gestans ahena ; nee severus Uncus abest, liquidumque plumbum.
Seite 98 - Virgil, Nox erat, et placidum carpebant fessa soporem Corpora per terras, sylvseque, et...