Author: Matthew PilkingtonPublisher:
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters ...
Author: Matthew PilkingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters
Author: Matthew PilkingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters (etc.) A New Edition, to which is Added a Supplement Containing Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Artists ... Also Remarks on the Present State of the Art of Painting, by James Barry
Author: Matthew PilkingtonThe Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters
Author: Matthew PilkingtonThe Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters
Author: Matthew PilkingtonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330198605
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Excerpt from The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, Vol. 1 An early admiration of the Art of Painting, and an eager inclination to improve myself in the knowledge of it; were my inducements to search for instruction, among the writers on that subject. Those writers I soon found to be extremely numerous, and very few of them in our native language; yet every author I consulted, inspired me with an impatience to proceed; and I extracted from each, what appeared to me most likely to prove either instructive, or entertaining. However, I observed in most of those authors, a tedious account of the artists, in respect of their singularities in publick or domestick life; their morals, or manner of living; their families, or the repositories of their works; but, I observed also, that the description of their particular excellencies or defects in the execution of their art; in their style of painting; in their colouring, or penciling; were so blended with other unimportant circumstances, as rendered it exceedingly difficult, to reflect what might prove instructive. For, the life of each artist appeared encumbered with a load of descriptions, which could neither improve the taste or judgement of a lover of the Art, nor scarcely keep the attention of a judicious inquirer awake. Whoever has carefully read, Vasari, Vanmander, Ridolfi, Sandrart, and some other writers on the subject, will, I believe, recollect, that they were compelled to contend with abundance of unimproving and untertaining narrative, to acquire such a degree of information, in regard to any artist, as perhaps they ardently fought after. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters
Author: Matthew PilkingtonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484184298
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Excerpt from The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters: Containing a Complete Collection, and Account, of the Most Distinguished Artists, Who Have Flourished in the Art of Painting, at Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, and Other Cities of Italy I will not impute the tedioufnefs which I experienced, in the original authors who wrote the lives of the Painters, to any deficiency of judgment or genius; for, it probably might arife from their folicitude to collect every incident that could be procured relative to the artifis of Whom they wrote. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters
Author: Matthew PilkingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters
Author: Matthew PilkingtonThe Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters. Containing a Complete Collection, and Account, of the Most Distinguished Artists, Who Have Flourished in the Art of Painting, ... to Which Are Added, Two Catalogues
Author: MATTHEW. PILKINGTONPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385573167
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T144419 With a final errata leaf. London: printed for T. Cadell, (successor to Mr. Millar), 1770. xxxiv,723, [3]p.; 4°
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