The Union of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, Exemplified by a Series of Illustrations, with Descriptive Accounts of the House and Galleries of John Soaneauthor [i.e. Britton], Burton Street; sold, 1827 - 60 páginas |
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... light . At P. is a cast of the statue of Apollo , to the left of which are three recesses with glazed book- cases , filled with an illustrated Pennant and other valuable books . o . A passage gallery , filled with various vases , casts ...
... light . At P. is a cast of the statue of Apollo , to the left of which are three recesses with glazed book- cases , filled with an illustrated Pennant and other valuable books . o . A passage gallery , filled with various vases , casts ...
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... Section from north to south , shewing the western side , also the forms of the lan- thorn - lights , the highly enriched ceiling & c . PLATE II . Perspective view of the interior , look- ing towards the north . xvi LIST OF ENGRAVINGS .
... Section from north to south , shewing the western side , also the forms of the lan- thorn - lights , the highly enriched ceiling & c . PLATE II . Perspective view of the interior , look- ing towards the north . xvi LIST OF ENGRAVINGS .
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... light . A chandelier suspended from a brilliant , sunny sky , or held up by a motionless - flying eagle , is certainly not very appro- priate . The compositions , too , we are accustomed to see selected for this species of decorative ...
... light . A chandelier suspended from a brilliant , sunny sky , or held up by a motionless - flying eagle , is certainly not very appro- priate . The compositions , too , we are accustomed to see selected for this species of decorative ...
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... light and shade will often produce more than ornament . It is this that gives a spirit and energy to architecture , without which the most elegant forms and the most beautiful proportions affect us but feebly . The system hitherto ...
... light and shade will often produce more than ornament . It is this that gives a spirit and energy to architecture , without which the most elegant forms and the most beautiful proportions affect us but feebly . The system hitherto ...
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... light and shade , upon which so much of the beauty of architecture depends , and which contributes so essentially to ... light and shade in these colonnades , in which the reflected light , thrown on the columns , 12 UNION OF ...
... light and shade , upon which so much of the beauty of architecture depends , and which contributes so essentially to ... light and shade in these colonnades , in which the reflected light , thrown on the columns , 12 UNION OF ...
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Página 54 - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — " Shakspeare: " being asked which he esteemed next best, replied, —
Página 51 - Disquisitions upon the painted Greek Vases, and their probable connection with the shows of the Eleusinian and other mysteries, by JC,' London, 1825, 4to, plates. 6. ' An Inquiry into the Early History of Greek Sculpture, by the late JC,
Página 46 - Forsyth) the immemorial antiquity of these ruins, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design — that simplicity in which art generally begins, and to which, after a thousand revolutions of ornaments, it again returns — taking all, I say, into one view, I do not hesitate to call these the most impressive monuments that I ever beheld on earth."* The cases in this Gallery contain books belonging to the...
Página 46 - Taking into view (says Forsyth, ) the immemorial antiquity of these ruins, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design — that simplicity in which art generally begins, and to which, after a thousand revolution* of ornaments, it again returns — taking all, I say, into one view, I do not hesitate to call these the most impressive monuments that I ever beheld on earth.
Página 4 - On painted ceilings you devoutly stare, Where sprawl the saints of Verrio or Laguerre, On gilded clouds in fair expansion lie, And bring all paradise before your eye. To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite.
Página 23 - we are indebted, in an eminent degree, for the classical and appropriate style which now generally characterises our furniture and domestic utensils. Like most other innovations, his was described as whimsical and puerile by some' persons — as if it were unbecoming a man of fortune to indulge in the elegant refinements which wealth placed at his command: whilst others caricatured the system, by cramming their apartments with mythological figures and conceits, jumbled together without propriety...
Página 47 - The time, nor distant far, shall come, When England's tasteful youth no more Shall wander to Italia's classic shore ; No more to foreign climes shall roam In search of models—better found at home.