 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 420 pages
...time the natural faculties of his mind were as remarkable as his industry ; at another he was only a signal instance of what well-directed diligence will do in a short time. Then again " he appears to have been the first who discovered the path that leads to every excellence... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 pages
...whole attention was absorbed in the pursuit of his art, and that he acquired the name of Masaccio*, from his total disregard to his dress, his person, and all the common concerns of life. * The addition nfaecio denotes some deformity or impcr. fection attending that person to whom it it... | |
 | Matthew Pilkington - 1829 - 632 pages
...life. He was as remarkable for diligence and industry as for the natural faculties of the mind, and was a signal instance of what well-directed diligence will do in a short time. Vasari gives a long catalogue of painters and sculptors who formed their taste, and learned their art,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 514 pages
...whole attention was absorbed in the pursuit of his art, and that he acquired the name of Masaccio *, from his total disregard to his dress, his person,...of life. He is, indeed, a signal instance of what well- ">, directed diligence will do in a short time ; he lived but twenty-seven years; yet in that... | |
 | Matthew Pilkington - 1840 - 794 pages
...He was as remarkable for diligence and industry, as for the natural faculties of the mind, and was a signal instance of what welldirected diligence will do in a short time. Vasari gives a long catalogue of painters and sculptors who formed their taste, and learned their art,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 318 pages
...addition of accio denotes some deformity or imperfection attending that person to whom it is applied. R. all the common concerns of life. He is, indeed, a signal instance of what well directed diligence will do in a short time; he lived but twenty-seven years ; yet in that short... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1844 - 484 pages
...time the natural faculties of his mind were as remarkable as his industry ; at another he was only a signal instance of what welldirected diligence will do in a short time. Then again " he appears to have been the first who discovered the path that leads to every excellence... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1846 - 596 pages
...afterwards arrived, -and may therefore be justly considered as one of the great fathers of modern art. He is a signal instance of what welldirected diligence will do in a short time; his life did not exceed twenty-seven years, yet in that short space he carried the art far beyond what... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1846 - 514 pages
...time the natural faculties of his mind were as remarkable as his industry ; at another he was only a signal instance of what welldirected diligence will do in a short time. Then again " he appears to have been the first who discovered the path that leads to every excellence... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pages
...had mastered all the knowledge of his time; so had Homer. Raffaelle lived but twenty-seven years; and in that short -space carried the art so far beyond...reached, that he appears to stand alone as a model to his successors. There are instances to the contrary; but, generally speaking, the life of all truly... | |
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Raphael lived but thirty-seven years ; and in that short space carried the art so far beyond what it had before reached, that he appears to stand alone as a model to his successors. 
