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The polite arts, Or, A Dissertation on Poetry, Painting, Musick, Architecture, and Eloquence.
Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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Apollo: or a Poetical Definition of the Three Sister-Arts, Poetry, Painting and Musick. By Hybernicus.
Hybernicus.Date: [1729]- Books
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The art of painting in miniature: teaching the speedy and perfect acquisition of that art without a master. By Rules so easy, and in a Method so natural as to render this charming Accomplishment universally attainable. Containing I. The Difference between Painting in Miniature, and other Kinds of Painting. II. The Management of Colours in Draperies, Linnen, Lace, Furs, &c. III. The Method of mixing Colours for Carnations; for Painting of Architecture, or any Building of Stone or Wood; for Landskips, Terrasses, Water, Ruins, Rocks, &c. IV. The Art of Painting all Sorts of Flowers, with the proper Colours required to represent Nature to the highest Perfection. V. The various Methods of Painting. Translated from the original French. The sixth edition. To which are now added I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest Colours, Burnished Gold, Shell Gold, &c. II. Some general Instructive Lessons for the Art of Drawing. And III. The Usefulness and Benefit of Prints.
Boutet, Claude.Date: 1752- Books
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The art of painting in miniature: teaching the speedy and perfect acquisition of that art without a master. By Rules so easy, and in a Method so natural as to render this charming Accomplishment universally attainable. Containing I. The Difference between Painting in Miniature, and other Kinds of Painting. II. The Management of Colours in Draperies, Linnen, Lace, Furrs, &c. III. The Method of mixing Colours for Carnations; for painting of Architecture, or any Building of Stone or Wood; for Landskips, Terrasses, Water, Ruins, Rocks, &c. IV. The Art of Painting all Sorts of Flowers, with the proper Colours required to represent Nature to the highest Perfection. V. The various Methods of Painting. Translated from the original French The fourth edition. To which are now added, I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest Colours, Burnished Gold, Shell Gold, &c. II. Some general instructive Lessons for the Art of Drawing. And III. The Usefulness and Benefit of Prints.
Boutet, Claude.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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The art of painting in miniature: teaching the speedy and perfect acquisition of that art without a master. By Rules so easy, and in a Method so natural as to render this charming Accomplishment universally attainable. Containing, I. The Difference between Painting in Miniature, and other Kinds of Painting. II. The Management of Colours in Draperies, Linnen, Lace, Furts, &c. III. The Method of mixing Colours for Carnations; for painting of Architecture, or any Building of Stone or Wood; for Landskips, Terrasses, Water, Ruins, Rocks, &c. IV. The Art of Painting all Sorts of Flowers, with the proper Colours required to represent Nature to the highest Perfection. V. The various Methods of Painting. Translated from the original French. The fifth edition. To which are now added, I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest Colours, Burnished Gold, Shell Gold, &c. II. Some general instructive Lessons for the Art of Drawing. And III. The Usefulness and Benefit of Prints.
Boutet, Claude.Date: 1750- Books
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Description of the cityhouse of Amsterdam, With an explication of the emblematical Figures, Painting, and Images, &c. which are within and without this glorious building.
Date: 1766- Books
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The present state of the arts in England. By M. Rouquet, Member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture; Who resided Thirty Years in this Kingdom.
Rouquet, Jean André, 1701-1758.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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The present state of the arts in England. By M. Rouquet. member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture at Paris. Who resided thirty years in England.
Rouquet, Jean André, 1701-1758.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France. By Joseph Baretti, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. ...
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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Religious vows. A sermon preach'd at the consecration of a chapel in Pembroke-College in Oxford, on Monday, July 10. 1732. By M. Painting, D.D. master of Pembroke-College.
Panting, Matthew, 1683-1739.Date: 1732- Books
Caspar David Friedrich, Winter landscape / John Leighton and Colin J. Bailey.
Leighton, John, 1959-Date: 1990- Books
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A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France. By Joseph Baretti, Secretary for foreign correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. In two volumes. ...
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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A letter to the members of the Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce: containing, some remarks on the pictures to which the premiums were adjudged; with Some Cursory Observations on History Painting.
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain)Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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An account of a series of pictures, in the great room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, at the Adelphi. By James Barry, R. A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy.
Barry, James, 1741-1806.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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An account of a series of pictures, in the great room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, at the Adelphi. By James Barry, R. A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy.
Barry, James, 1741-1806.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783][i.e.1784?]- Books
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Small talk for the use of young ladies that wish to learn the colloquial part of the Italian language. By Joseph Baretti Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture.
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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Easy phraseology, for the use of young ladies, who intend to learn the colloquial part of the Italian language. By Joseph Baretti, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture.
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The works of Mr. Jonathan Richardson. Consisting of I. The theory of painting. II. Essay on the art of criticism, so far as it relates to Painting. III. The science of a connoisseur. All corrected and prepared for the press by his son Mr. J. Richardson.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. In two volumes. Containing his poems, plays, &c. With memoirs of the author's life, by an eminent hand. And his picture curiously engrav'd from an Original Painting.
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Books
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Elements of painting with crayons. By John Russell. With the additions of 1. Directions for painting in water colours and Washing of Prints and Maps, II. -- for Painting on Glass, III. -- for Etching, IV. -- for Engraving, V. -- for Mezzotinto Scraping, VI. - for painting in miniature and the Preparation of the Colours.
Russell, John, 1745-1806.Date: M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The plan of an academy For the better Cultivation, Improvement and Encouragement of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and the Arts of Design in General: The Abstract of a Royal Charter As propos'd for establishing the same; And a Short Introduction.
Date: Printed in the Year, M.DCC.LV. [1755]- Books
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The oracle, or the resolver of questions. Containing above two thousand questions, with their proper answers, in Divinity, Law, Equity, Physic, Surgery, Algebra, Philosophy, Astrology, Botany, Sculpture, Painting, Love, Matrimony, Pleasure, Diversions, &c. &c. &c. Interspersed with variety of moral and entertaining stories.
Date: [1750?]- Books
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A treatise on the virtues of the purgative pills of Mr. Sibié, doctor of physick at Marseilles, Old Controlleur-General of the Finances in the Generality of Provence, of the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Civile & Navale of that City.
Sibié, Mr.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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Art's master-piece: or, a companion for the ingenious, of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil, &c. in all particulars, viz. Drawing and Painting Faces, Bodies, Garments, Landskips; Preparing and laying on Colours; colouring Metzotinto Prints; gilding on Wood, Metals, or Leather. The newest Experiments in Japanning, to imitate the Indian way, plain and in Speckles, Rockwork, Figures, &c. Receipts for making the several Varnishes, Colours, &c. To make Artificial Tortoiseshell. To dye or stain Ivory, Horn, Bone, Bristles, Feathers, and sundry sorts of Wood for Cabinets. The Mystery of dying Silks, Stuffs, Woollen and Linnen Cloth. To take Spots, Stains, Pitch, Tar, and Ironmoulds out of Silks, Stuffs, Linnen or Woollen, and recover faded Silks. The Art of Perfuming and Beautifying. Divers Receipts in Physick and Surgery. To make London Powder-Ink, other Inks, and the shining Japan-Ink: With many other useful Things. II. The art of making glass of crystal of all sorts and colours, and to prepare the Materials. To make Glass of Lead of many beautiful Colours. To make Enamel of divers colours for Gold, Silver, or other Metals. To make Chalcedony like Jaspar or other lucid Stones, and prepare Materials for the Work. To make Artificial Precious Stones, equal in Beauty to the true; and to Colour-Globes of Glass on the infide. The Art of Painting Glass in Oil, and anealing and burning on the Colour. Instructions to cast Figures in Wax, Plaister, purest Metals, &c. Leaves, Flowers, Medals; and other Matters worthy of Note. To which are added, Many Curiosities and rare Secrets, known to few, but very profitable and pleasant.
C. K.Date: 1721- Books
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A letter to the Right Honourable the President, vice-presidents, and the rest of the noblemen and gentlemen, of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, John-Street, Adelphi. By James Barry, R.A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy.
Barry, James, 1741-1806.Date: 1793