There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions . of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species. The General Biographical Dictionary - 472 페이지 편집 - 1814전체보기 - 도서 정보
| James Croston - 1882 - 484 페이지
...degree, the evil influ* Gibbons, of whom Horace Walpole said " there was no instance of a man before who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...together the various productions of the elements with a freer disorder natural to each species," died in 1721, and, while there is good reason for supposing... | |
| Frederick Spencer Bird - 1882 - 376 페이지
...work. Walpole calls him "an original genius;" and adds, "There is' no instance before him of a man who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species." Gibbons was indebted to Evelyn for his introduction to... | |
| George Phillips Bevan - 1882 - 116 페이지
...to George I., the most exquisite carver in wood that England has ever seen. " There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers " (Waipole). For these carvings Gibbons was paid .£1333. The wrought-iron gates are by Tijoue. On... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 438 페이지
...as " an original genius, a citizen of nature. There is no instance before him," he adds, " of a man who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species. ... It is said that he lived in Belle Sauvage Court, Ludgate... | |
| W. Harlan Cord - 1885 - 564 페이지
...wood-carving in the world, done by the celebrated Grinling Gibbons, of whom it was said : ' ' That he gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species." Here, also, is to be seen the famous stained glass portrait... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 418 페이지
...The praise which Walpole bestows he richly merited : — ' There is no instance of a man before him who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...with a free disorder natural to each species.' He imitated Nature with the faithfulness of a loving eye and the skill of a bold and ready hand. Whatever... | |
| Thomas Purnell - 1886 - 160 페이지
...as famous visitors. Grinling Gibbons the Dutchman, who, according to Walpole, was the first to give to wood " the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...elements with a free disorder natural to each species," lived at the upper end of the street, on the right-hand side. On the site of the theatre lived Wycherley,... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1888 - 434 페이지
...well-merited eulogium passed upon the principal artist by Horace Walpole. " There is no instance," says he, " of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." It is generally believed that Gibbons was the artist of these exquisite carvings. There is, however,... | |
| Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1896 - 868 페이지
...Walpole calls Gibbon " An original genius, a citizen of nature. There is no instance before him of ajman who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...together the various productions of the elements, with the free disorder natural to each species." Many tine specimens of Gibbon's carvings still exist in... | |
| John Evelyn - 1906 - 846 페이지
...Crinling Gibbon. — An original genius, a citizen of nature. There is no instance before him of a man who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species. ;ee our Court, and compliment his Majesty. I was >resent... | |
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