The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of nature modified by accident.... The British Essayists - Strana 257úprava: - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - Počet stránok 428
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - Počet stránok 484
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - Počet stránok 420
...shelter in their ships, and reign once more in our native country." No. 82. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1759TO THE IDLER. SIR, DISCOURSING in my last letter on the...selected the most beautiful part of the creation, it will shew how much their principles are founded on reason, and at the same time discover the origin of our... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - Počet stránok 440
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - Počet stránok 446
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of... | |
| sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - Počet stránok 440
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - Počet stránok 430
...in their ships, and " reign once more in our native country." No. 82. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1769. To the IDLER. SIR, DISCOURSING in my last letter on...nature." I was led into the subject of this letter by endea^ vouring to fix the original cause of this conduct of the Italian masters. If it can be proved... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - Počet stránok 428
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Počet stránok 430
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - Počet stránok 582
...SIR, DISCOURSING in my last letter on the .different practice of the Italian and Dutch painters, 1 observed, that " the Italian painter attends only...selected the most beautiful part of the creation, it will shew how much their principles are founded on reason, and, at the same time, discover the origin of... | |
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