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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... it in a plan and style that would have conferred honour on both ; but the people were not capable of appreciating the advantages of space , symmetry , and beauty . A favourable opportunity was lost - for houses xii PREFACE .
... it in a plan and style that would have conferred honour on both ; but the people were not capable of appreciating the advantages of space , symmetry , and beauty . A favourable opportunity was lost - for houses xii PREFACE .
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... space , is rather too much of an extravagant conceit to satisfy a correct taste . Neither is painted architecture , which , to produce any tolerable effect , ought to be viewed from a single point , a much more pardonable solecism . It ...
... space , is rather too much of an extravagant conceit to satisfy a correct taste . Neither is painted architecture , which , to produce any tolerable effect , ought to be viewed from a single point , a much more pardonable solecism . It ...
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... than the building we are about to describe ; for within a space hardly exceeding that of a common - sized house , the architect has contrived to produce a succession of rich , varied , and HOUSE AND MUSEUM OF JOHN SOANE . 5.
... than the building we are about to describe ; for within a space hardly exceeding that of a common - sized house , the architect has contrived to produce a succession of rich , varied , and HOUSE AND MUSEUM OF JOHN SOANE . 5.
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... space indeed , he has contrived to display no little taste ; not that he has attempted to give that small court any regular architectural character , but merely by making it a repository for antique fragments , sculptural ornaments ...
... space indeed , he has contrived to display no little taste ; not that he has attempted to give that small court any regular architectural character , but merely by making it a repository for antique fragments , sculptural ornaments ...
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... space of the centre window only ; and above each of the extreme pilasters , of the lower part , is placed a female statue * . We need hardly remark how much more preferable this mode of disposing statues is , so as to have their shadow ...
... space of the centre window only ; and above each of the extreme pilasters , of the lower part , is placed a female statue * . We need hardly remark how much more preferable this mode of disposing statues is , so as to have their shadow ...
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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.