 I strove to imitate Nature to the utmost, and by investigating her methods of work to see how nearly I could approach her. I sought to understand how forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed....  Historical Handbook of Italian Sculpture - Page 78by Charles Callahan Perkins - 1882 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1865 - 632 pages
...Working with the utmost diligence and care, I ' introduced into some of my compositions as many as one ' hundred figures, which I modelled upon different planes,...larger, and those ' more remote smaller in proportion.' But if Michael Angelo's axiom be true, that ' the more nearly painting attains to ' relievo, the better... | |
 | Theology - 1871 - 870 pages
...part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed. Working with the utmost diligence and care, 1 introduced into some of my compositions as many as...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion." By means of these many figures and by the use of perspective, he represented in some of his compositions... | |
 | Charles Callahan Perkins - Sculptors - 1864 - 432 pages
...her. I sought to understand how forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed. Working with...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion.' ' Rumohr, It. Forsch. vol. ii. p. 354-. Lionnrdi Bruni, who was born at Arezzo in 1369, and died at... | |
 | Charles Callahan Perkins - Sculptors - 1864 - 416 pages
...her. I sought to understand how forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed. Working with...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion.' 1 Rumohr, It. Forsch. vol. ii. p. 354. Lionardi Bruni, who was born at Arezzo in 1369, and died at... | |
 | 1865 - 1022 pages
...and care, I introduced into some of my compositions as many as one hundred figures, which I modeled upon different planes, so that those nearest the eye...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion." But if Michael Angelo's axiom be true, that " the more nearly painting attains to relievo, the better... | |
 | Bible - 1871 - 832 pages
...her, I sought to understand how forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed. Working with...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion." By means of these many figures and by the use of perspective, he represented in some of his compositions... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Italy - 1876 - 516 pages
...her. I sought to understand how forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed. Working with...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion." " L'ouvrnge dura quarante ans, dit Vasari, c'est & dire un an de moins que n'avait vecu Masaccio, un... | |
 | Augustus John C. Hare - 1884 - 250 pages
...her. I sought to understand how forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed. Working with...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion.' ' L'ouvrage dura quarante ans, dit Vasari, c'est a dire un an de moins que n'avait vecu Masaccio, un... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Cities and towns - 1884 - 428 pages
...her. 1 sought to understand h >w forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of sculptural and pictorial art should be managed. Working with...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion.' ' L'ouvrage dura quarante ans, dit Vasari, c'est a dire un an de moins que n'avait vecu Masaccio, un... | |
 | Architecture - 1905 - 372 pages
...diligence and care, I introduced into some of my compositions as many as a hundred figures, which I modeled upon different planes, so that those nearest the eye...larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion." Perhaps the novelty led to the somewhat exaggerated praise. The founding was commenced in 1440 and... | |
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