Handbook of painting. The German, Flemish, and Dutch schools. Based on the Handbook of Kugler. Enlarged and for the most part re-written by dr. Waagen, Parte1 |
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Página 207 - R. of the central figure come the Ascension, with the Madonna, angels, and apostles below, Christ rising above ; the Descent of the Holy Ghost ; and the Death of the Virgin, whose soul, like a little child, Christ receives.
Página 44 - In this time there was a painter in Cologne of the name of Wilhelm; he was considered the best master of all German Land, he paints every man, of whatever form, as if he were alive.
Página 170 - ... of flying men are turning round in a defile. The point of the greatest interest stands out brilliantly from the centre of the whole ; Alexander and Darius, both in armor of burnished gold : Alexander, on Bucephalus, with his lance in rest, advances far before his men, and presses on the flying Darius, whose charioteer has already fallen on his white horses, and who looks back upon his conqueror with all the despair of a vanquished monarch.
Página 105 - These little pictures are among the very best productions of the Flemish school. The drawing in these small figures is much more beautiful than in the larger ones by the same master. There is nothing in them meagre, stiff, or angular : the movements are free ; the execution and tone of colour, with all its softness, very powerful ; the expression in the single heads, of the highest excellence.
Página 58 - Museum, and the rest are in the museum of Berlin, where the polyptych is rendered complete by copies of the absent pieces made by Michael Coxcyen in the sixteenth century. To return to Hubrecht. The author of the ' Life of Fuseli ' says, " The draperies of the three on a gold ground, especially that of the middle figure, could not be improved in simplicity or elegance by the taste of Raphael himself. The three heads of God the Father, the Virgin, and St John the Baptist are not inferior in roundness,...
Página 58 - ... priests and laymen; in the foreground is the fountain of life; in the distance the towers of the heavenly Jerusalem. On the wing pictures, other groups are coming up to adore the Lamb; on the left, those who have laboured for the kingdom of the Lord by worldly...
Página 97 - I suppose the seven pre-eminent angels : the Virgin and St. John the Baptist on each side, and then the Apostles ranged in the usual manner. " In the lower half of the picture stands St. Michael, clad in golden armour, so bright as to reflect in the most...
Página 170 - It is, in truth, a little, world on a few square feet of canvas ; the hosts of combatants, who advance on all sides against each other, are innumerable, and the view into the background appears interminable. In the distance is the ocean, with high rocks, and a rugged...
Página 59 - The heads are full of ii character, with great variety of expression: on every countenance may be traced the history of its life. Grave old men stand before us, each one differing from the other; one is firm and strong, another more feeble; one cheerful and single-minded, another less open. Some inspired fanatics wildly raise their heads, whilst others with a simple and almost humorous expression walk by their side, and others again are still struggling with their earthly nature. It is a remarkable...
Página 164 - There is scarcely any trace of the bright glazing, or of those sharply-defined forms, but everywhere a free, pure impasto. Well might the artist now close his eyes. He had in this picture attained the summit of art : here he stands side by side with the greatest masters known in history.