 To what Falconet has said, we may add that supposing this method of leaving the expression of grief to the imagination to be, as it was thought to be, the invention of the painter, and that it deserves all the praise that has been given it, still it is...  The Discourses - Page 153by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
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...readers would be familiar with it. As Reynolds points out, Timanthes' is a solution that can be used only once: 'whoever does it a second time, will not only...suspected of using artifice to evade difficulties' (Discourse #8, 227). 77 On mere 'mechanic' imitation, see Reynolds, 104, 122, 169, and!74. 78 Lascelles... | |
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...we may add, that supposing this method of leaving the expression of grief to the imagination, to be, as it was thought to be, the invention of the painter,...the merit of art, difficulties evaded can deserve but little commendation. DISCOURSE IX. Delivered at the Opening of the Royal Academy, t>ยป Somerset-Place,... | |
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