Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers / edited and translated by Esther Singleton (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, Morse, Alice C. (Alice Cordelia), b. 1862, binding designer · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co · leaf 250
re of him.But I suppose it is he who holds St. Ursulas standard.The architecture and landscape are unsurpassably fine; therest much imperfect; but containing nobleness only to belearned by long dwelling on it. In this series, I have omitted one picture, 544, which isof scarcely any interest—except… … THE ENGLISH AMBASSADORS 189 tensely characteristic of the Fifteenth as opposed to theNineteenth Century—that the figures are true and natural,but the landscape false and unnatural, being by such fallacymade entirely subordinate to the figures. I have never ap-proved of, and only a little…
Painting · Art criticism
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