Davies, Randall · London: T. C. & E. C. Jack · leaf 484
ed himstudies of composition. Indeed, his genius bore astrong resemblance to the scenes he was born in ; likethem, it partook of the grand and beautiful; and likethem also, the bright sunshine and enchanting pros-pects of his fancy were occasionally overspread withmist and gloom. On his arrival in… … The English School of the kind might exist; for he there contemplated the Close ofpurity and perfection of ancient sculpture, the sub- Eighteenthlimity of Michelangelos Sistine Chapel, and the sim- Centuryplicity of Cimabue and Giottos schools. He perceivedthose qualities distinctly, and…
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