Memoirs of the Early Italian Painters: And of the Progress of Painting in Italy. From Cimabue to Bassano, Nide 2

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C. Knight & Company, 1845
 

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Sivu 129 - Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Sivu 17 - And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
Sivu 50 - Yet however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest of his perfections, would be glory and .distinction enough. for an ambitious man, I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite.
Sivu 130 - Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Sivu 119 - And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness ; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Sivu 124 - When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Sivu 37 - I gave him so violent a blow upon the nose, that I felt the bone and cartilage yield under my hand as if they had been made of paste, and the mark I then gave him, he will carry to his grave.
Sivu 152 - The two-fold action contained in this picture, to which shallow critics have taken exception, is explained historically and satisfactorily merely by the fact that the incident of the possessed boy occurred in the absence of Christ ; but it explains itself in a still higher sense, when we consider the deeper universal meaning of the picture. For this purpose it is not even necessary to consult the books of the New Testament for the explanation of the particular incidents : the lower portion represents...
Sivu 19 - Michelangelo chose for his cartoon an incident of the war with Pisa, in which the Florentine soldiers, bathing in the Arno, are surprised by the sound of trumpets, and run to arms. His design has reached us only in an old engraving, which perhaps would help us less than what we remember of the background of his Holy Family...

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