 It may appear strange, perhaps, to hear this sense of the rule disputed ; but it must be considered, that, if the excellency of a painter consisted only in this kind of imitation, painting must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art,...  Select British Classics - Side 891803Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 sider
...fure to fucceed beft ; for the Painter of genius cannot ftoop to drudgery, in which the underftanding has no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim...power the Painter of genius directs him ; in this fenfe he ftudies Nature, and often arrives at his end, even by being unnatural in the confined fenfe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 sider
...fure to fucceed beft; for the painter of genius cannot ftoop to drudgery, in which the underftanding has no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim...power the painter of genius directs him ; in this fenfe he ftudies nature, and often arrives arrives at his end, even by being unnatural in the confined... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 sider
...fure to fucceed beft; for the painter of genius cannot ftoop to drudgery, in which the underftanding has no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim...power the painter of genius directs him ; in this fenfe he ftudies nature, and often arrives at his end, even by being unnatural in the confined fenfe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 sider
...fure to fucceed beft; for the painter of genius cannot ftoop to drudgery, in which the underftanding has no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim...imagination ? To this power the painter of genius dire£ts him ; in this fenfe he ftudies nature, and often arrives at his end, even by being unnatural... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 sider
...imitation, Painting must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to Poetry ; this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the...the art to claim kindred •with Poetry, but by its power over the imagination ? To this power the Painter of genius directs his aim; in this sense he... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 sider
...considered as a liberal art, and sister to Poetry ; this imitation being merely mechanical, in which tne slowest intellect is always sure to succeed best ;...has the art to claim kindred with Poetry, but by its power over the imagination ? To this power the Painter of genius directs his aim; in this sense he... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 sider
...imitation, Painting must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to Poetry; this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the...has the art to claim kindred with Poetry, but by its power over the imagination? To this power the Painter of genius directs his aim; in this sense he studies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 sider
...imitation, painting must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to poetry, this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the...painter of genius cannot stoop to drudgery, in which the understandinghas no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim kindred with poetry, but by its powers... | |
 | 1792 - 620 sider
...fure to fucceed belt; for the painter of genius cannot Hoop to drudgery, in which the undcrftanding has no part; and what pretence has the art to claim...poetry, but by its powers over the imagination ? To be too great an indulgence, aswell tliis power the painter of genius directs too great a reftraint... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 sider
...imitation, painting must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to poetry, this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the...? To this power the painter of genius directs him ; iu this sense he studies nature, and often arrives at his end, even by being unnatural in the confined... | |
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