 Such men will always prefer imitation to that excellence which is addressed to another faculty that they do not possess; but these are not the persons to whom a painter is to look, any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted...  The Discourses - Page 216by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1787 - 512 pages
...any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon thofe lubjeels to the opinions of people taken from the banks of the Ohio, or from New Holland. It is the loweft ilil<* only of arts,' whether of Painting, Poetry, or Mufic, that may be laid, in the vulgar... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...are not the persons to whom a Painter is to look, any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon those subjects to...style only, of arts, whether of Painting, Poetry, or Musick, that may be said, in the vulgar sense, to be naturally pleasing. The higher efforts of those... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...are not the persons to whom a Painter is to look, any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon those subjects to...style only of arts, whether of Painting, Poetry, or Musick, that may be said, in the vulgar sense, to be naturally pleasing. The higher efforts of those... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pages
...morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon those subjects to the opinions of petfple taken from the banks of the Ohio, or from New Holland....style only of arts, whether of Painting, Poetry, or Musick, that may be said, in the vulgar sense, to be naturally pleasing. The higher efforts of those... | |
 | 1813 - 778 pages
...MOORE'S Italy. ••:. i." It is the lowest style only of art?, whether painting, poetry, or musick, that may be said, in the vulgar sense, to be naturally...experience, do not affect minds wholly uncultivated." SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. 92. The Seasons; composed by Joseph Haydn, Mia. D. adapted for Voices and Pianofortf... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...are not the persons to whom a Painter is to look, any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon those subjects to...style only of arts, whether of Painting, Poetry, or Musick, that may be said, in the vulgar sense, to be naturally pleasing. The higher efforts of those... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...are not the persons to whom a Painter is to look, any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon those subjects to...style only of arts, whether of Painting, Poetry, or Musick, that may i 4 .. • be said, in the vulgar sense, to be naturally pleasing. The higher efforts... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 420 pages
...are not the persons to whom a painter is to look, any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon those subjects to...from the banks of the Ohio, or from New Holland."— Vol. II. p. 119. In opposition to the sentiment here expressed that " Painting is and ought to be,... | |
 | 1834 - 358 pages
...especially when (as in the present case) it belongs to the highest class ; ' for' (says Sir J. Reynolds) 'it is the lowest style only of arts, whether of painting,...sense to be naturally pleasing. The higher efforts of these arts, we know by experience, do not affect minds wholly uncultivated. This refined taste is the... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1842 - 352 pages
...are not the persons to whom a painter is to look, any more than a judge of morals and manners ought to refer controverted points upon those subjects to...or from New Holland. It is the lowest style only of art, whether of painting, poetry, or music, that may be said, in the vulgar sense, to be naturally... | |
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