An Essay on Sculpture: in a Series of Epistles to John Flaxman, Esq. R.A., with Notes ...A. Strahan, 1800 - 358 sider |
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Side 134
... preserve , as they advanc'd in fame : Her fnares around them thus Oppreffion threw , Taught by their feuds to fep'rate and fubdue . If Greece herself her real ftrength had known , Greece might have foil'd the hoftile world alone ; In ...
... preserve , as they advanc'd in fame : Her fnares around them thus Oppreffion threw , Taught by their feuds to fep'rate and fubdue . If Greece herself her real ftrength had known , Greece might have foil'd the hoftile world alone ; In ...
Side 183
... preserved at Corinth as a curious rudiment of art , till that city was deftroyed by Mummius , according to a tradition mentioned by Pliny * . The Athenian philoso- pher , who lived a confiderable time after the destruction , and after ...
... preserved at Corinth as a curious rudiment of art , till that city was deftroyed by Mummius , according to a tradition mentioned by Pliny * . The Athenian philoso- pher , who lived a confiderable time after the destruction , and after ...
Side 184
... preserved by the Thefpians , and idolized as their Juno * . But ftones , of a cubic form , were their more general fymbols ; and Paufanias mentions a collection of thefe at Pharæ in Achaia , in number about thirty , and each ...
... preserved by the Thefpians , and idolized as their Juno * . But ftones , of a cubic form , were their more general fymbols ; and Paufanias mentions a collection of thefe at Pharæ in Achaia , in number about thirty , and each ...
Side 185
... preserve fome idea of the original type ; a practice well illuftrated by D'Hancarville , in his remark on these memorable symbols that first re- prefented the Graces . He imagines that the union of the fymbols gave rife to the attitude ...
... preserve fome idea of the original type ; a practice well illuftrated by D'Hancarville , in his remark on these memorable symbols that first re- prefented the Graces . He imagines that the union of the fymbols gave rife to the attitude ...
Side 187
... preserved , with great veneration , fome reliques of the very clay from which this firft of modellers was faid to have fashioned man ‡ . Yet fome of the Pagan philofophers did not scruple to deny the mortal existence of Prometheus , and ...
... preserved , with great veneration , fome reliques of the very clay from which this firft of modellers was faid to have fashioned man ‡ . Yet fome of the Pagan philofophers did not scruple to deny the mortal existence of Prometheus , and ...
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Abbé accompliſhed Ægypt againſt ancient antiquity artiſt Athenian Athens baſe beſt boaſt braſs breaſt Caylus celebrated charms cloſe coloffal Corinth Dædalus dear defcription delight deſcribed diſplay epigram EPISTLE étoit Etruria faid fait fame fays feems firſt fome fond foul ftatue ftill ftone fublime fuch fuppofed genius glory grace Grecian Greece Greek Grotii Verfio himſelf Hipponax hiſtory honour illuftrious intereſting juft juftly juſt Lyfippus Memnon mind moft moſt NOTE o'er obferved paffage paffion Paufanias Phidias pleaſure Pliny Plutarch praiſe Praxiteles preſent preſerved pride qu'il quæ Quintilian quod raiſe repreſented reſpect Roman Rome ſays ſcene Scopas ſculptor Sculpture Sculpture's ſeems Semiramis ſhe ſkill ſpeak ſpirit ſtatue ſtill ſtone Strabo ſubject ſuch talents taſte temple thee theſe thine thoſe thou toil uſe verſe whofe whoſe Winkelman αγαλμα γαρ δε εις εκ εν επι και μεν τε τῳ υπο
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Side 176 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Side 176 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home, and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and...
Side 209 - With well-taught feet : now fhape, in oblique ways, Confus'dly regular, the moving maze : Now forth at once, too fwift for fight, they fpring, And undiftinguifh'd blend the flying ring: So whirls a wheel, in giddy circle toft, 695 And rapid as it runs, the fmgle fpokes are loft.
Side 209 - And, rapid as it runs, the single spokes are lost. The gazing multitudes admire around; Two active tumblers in the centre bound ; Now high, now low, their pliant limbs they bend, 699 And gen'ral songs the sprightly revel end.
Side 183 - For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
Side 199 - On voyoit dans la plupart des villes " leurs figures, faites par les plus grands maîtres.
Side 178 - ... find a man despising the false estimates of the vulgar, and daring to aspire in sentiment, language and conduct, to what the highest wisdom, through every age, has taught us as most excellent, to him I unite myself by a sort of necessary attachment; and if I am so influenced by nature or destiny, that by no exertion or labours of my own I may exalt myself to this summit of worth and honour, yet no powers of heaven or earth will hinder me from looking with reverence and affection upon those, who...
Side 209 - Of these the sides adorn'd with swords of gold, That glittering gay, from silver belts depend. Now all at once they rise, at once descend...
Side 210 - Of burnish'd gold, in silver trappings hung ; — They, with well-tutor'd step, now, nimbly ran The circle, swift, as when, before his wheel Seated, the potter twirls it with both hands For trial of its speed ; now, crossing quick They pass'd at once into each other's place.
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