 | James Dallaway - 1806 - 358 pages
...of the principles of the Gothick architecture ; which, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is much more so to our imagination, with which 'the artist is more concerned than with absolute truth." 4 Reynolds's Works, vol. ii. p. 138, 8vo. e " Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pages
...had recourse to some of the^ principles of the Gothick Architecture; which, though not so ancientas the Grecian, is more so to our imagination, with which...with absolute truth. The Barbarick splendour of those Asiatic Buildings, which are now publishing by a member of this Academy*, may possibly, in the same... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 528 pages
...purpose Vanbrugh appears to have had recourse to some principles of the Gothic architecture, which, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to...artist is more concerned than with absolute truth." — "To speak of Vanbrugh," adds sir Joshua, " in the language of a painter, he had originality of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 520 pages
...purpose Vanbrugh appears to have had recourse to some principles of the Gothic architectnre, which, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to...artist is more concerned than with absolute truth." — " To speak of Vanbrugh," adds sir Joshua, " in the language of a painter, he had originality of... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...enterprise, in either case ; and in attempting to force it upwards by the . * " The Gothic architecture, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to our imagination, with which the artist a more concerned than with absolute truth." Sir Joshua Rcynolds'i JJitcourict, vol. ii. p. 138. Till... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 pages
...architecture; * Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees. MILTON, L'Ai.LR •which though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to...artist is more concerned than with absolute: truth. The barbaric splendour of those Asiatic buildings, which are now publishing by a member of this Academy*,... | |
 | a and w galignani - 1825 - 306 pages
...dreary than that recorded in Stow's and Holingshed's Chronicles, unless 1 " The Gothic architecture, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to...which the artist is more concerned than with absolute truth."—Sir Joshua /{eynnlds's Discourses, vol. ii. p. |38. Till I met with this remark in so circumspect... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 pages
...a Grecian temple.* Amadis de Gaul, and the seven Champions of Christen* " The Gothic architecture, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to...artist is more concerned than with absolute truth." — Sir Joshua Reynolds'! Discourses, vol. ii. p. 138. Till I met with this remark in so circumspect... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 462 pages
...a Grecian temple.* Amadis de Gaul, and the seven Champions of Christen* " The Gothic architecture, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to...artist is more concerned than with absolute truth." — Sir Joshua Reynolds s Discourses, vol. ii. p. 138. Till I met with this remark in so circumspect... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 pages
...a Grecian temple.* Amadis de Gaul, and the seven Champions of Christen* " The Gothic architecture, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to...artist is more concerned than with absolute truth." — Sir Joshua Reynolds'! Discourses, vol. ii. p. 138. Till I met with this remark in so circumspect... | |
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Gothic architecture; which, though not so ancient as the Grecian, is more so to our imagination, with which the artist is more concerned than with absolute truth. 
