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... painters , and is opened only for a month or two in the year , on payment of a shilling ; while the former consists , for the most part , of the works of ancient masters , and is open , gratuitously , for a much longer period . There ...
... painters , and is opened only for a month or two in the year , on payment of a shilling ; while the former consists , for the most part , of the works of ancient masters , and is open , gratuitously , for a much longer period . There ...
Page 72
... - the taste of the Caracci - and the grand contour of Angelo . " Were I to attempt to pass myself off as a painter , it would soon be discovered how little claim I had to such a distinction . The advan- 72 THE NATIONAL GALLERY .
... - the taste of the Caracci - and the grand contour of Angelo . " Were I to attempt to pass myself off as a painter , it would soon be discovered how little claim I had to such a distinction . The advan- 72 THE NATIONAL GALLERY .
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... painters , was not so chaste as a Christian spectator might desire , though in the series before me it has evidently been under stricter control than ordinary . It would be a difficult task to draw a boundary line for a painter not to ...
... painters , was not so chaste as a Christian spectator might desire , though in the series before me it has evidently been under stricter control than ordinary . It would be a difficult task to draw a boundary line for a painter not to ...
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... painter , and the fervour , and almost frenzy of the musician and poet , are perfectly unintelligible to those who are strangers to the power of music , painting , and poetry . For this picture , it is said , Napoleon Buonaparte offered ...
... painter , and the fervour , and almost frenzy of the musician and poet , are perfectly unintelligible to those who are strangers to the power of music , painting , and poetry . For this picture , it is said , Napoleon Buonaparte offered ...
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... painters ? Yes . Between three and four hundred years ago , the eye of Raphael , now turned to dust , was lighted up with enthusiasm ; and his hand , now mingled with the clay , was actively employed in painting > P this portrait of ...
... painters ? Yes . Between three and four hundred years ago , the eye of Raphael , now turned to dust , was lighted up with enthusiasm ; and his hand , now mingled with the clay , was actively employed in painting > P this portrait of ...
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