71 results filtered with: Painting - Early works to 1800
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Two discourses. I. An essay on the whole art of criticism as it relates to painting. Shewing how to judge I. Of the goodness of a picture; II. Of the hand of the master; and III. Whether'tis an original, or a copy. II. An agument in behalf of the science of a connoisseur; wherein is shewn the dignity, certainty, pleasure, and advantage of it. Both by Mr. Richardson.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745.Date: 1725- Books
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The principles of painting, under the heads of anatomy attitude accident Architecture Composition Claro-Obscuro Contrast Colouring Design Disposition Draperies Expression Harmony History Invention Landskip Lights Proportion Passion Portraiture Sculpture Style Truth Unity, &c. In which is contained, An account of the Athenian, Roman, Venetian and Flemish schools. To which is added, The balance of painters. Being The Names of the most noted Painters, and their Degrees of Perfection in the Four principal Parts of their Art: Of singular Use to those who would form an Idea of the Value of Paintings and Pictures. Written originally in French by Mons. du Piles, Author of The Lives of the Painters. And now first translated into English. By a painter.
Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- 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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Polygraphice: or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, guilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming : In four books. Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries, and figures of various forms; the way of engraving, etching, and limning, with all their requisites and ornaments; the depicting of the most eminent pieces of antiquities; the paintings of the ancients; washing of maps, globes, or pictures; the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones, and metals; the varnishing, colouring, and guilding thereof, according to any purpose or intent; the painting, colouring, and beautifying of the face, skin, and hair; the whole doctrine of perfumes, together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting; the like never published till now ; To which is added, a discourse of perspective and chiromancy.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1680- Books
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The art of painting: by C. A. du Fresnoy: with remarks: translated into English, with an original preface, containing a parallel between painting and poetry: by Mr. Dryden. As also a short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern: by R. G. Esq;
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.Date: 1716- Books
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A discourse on the dignity, certainty, pleasure and advantage, of the science of a connoisseur. By Mr. Richardson.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745.Date: 1719- Books
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L'Harmonie du coloris dans la peinture; reduite en pratique mecanique et à des regles sures & faciles: avec des figures en coleur, ... Par J.C. le Blon.
Le Blon, J. C., 1667-1741.Date: 1725]- Books
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An historical essay on the original of painting. Wherein is exhibited I. Some probabilities and pretentions to its invention before the flood. II. Its commencement again after the flood, and its Progress through several Nations to the Time of Cimabue, An. 1276. By Henry Bell, Architect, late of Lynn-Regis, Norfolk, Esq;
Bell, Henry, 1647-1711.Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
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Choice observations upon the art of painting. Together with Vasari's lives of the most eminent painters, from Cimabue to the time of Raphael and Michael Angelo. With an explanation of the difficult terms.
Aglionby, William, -1705.Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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Picturæ rawlinsonianæ: Being the collection of original paintings of Thomas Rawlinson, Esq; F.R.S. By the best masters. Part of which formerly the Earl of Craven's collection. To he sold by auction, at the two golden balls in Hart-Street, Covent-Garden, on Thursday the 4th of April, 1734. and the following days. Beginning exactly at eleven o'clock. They may be viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday; and every other day till the hour of sale.
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De arte graphica; or, the art of painting. Translated from the original Latin of C. A. Du Fresnoy. With his life, by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Birch, with notes miscellaneous and explanatory.
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.Date: 1765- Books
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The art of painting in its rudiment, progress, and perfection: delivered exactly as it is put in practice, so that the ingenious may easily understand its nature, to perform it. Being illustrated, in all the parts of drawing, viz. with charcoal. Black-Lead, Pens, Indian-Ink, and Chalks; after Limbs Heads, and Whole-Figures; as also after Painting, Plaster-Work, and the Life. Wherein is given a true Account of all the Materials of the Art of Painting, and how to use them: Largely treating of the Colours, with a General Rule to mix all Sorts of Colours whatever. Describing the Method of Copying of Pictures. How also to Draw a Face from the Life, with the Mixtures of the principal Complexions, Drapery and Hair. Also now to Paint Landskip with its proper Colours. And lastly, Teaching the Nature of History Painting in the Description of which is contained the most Methodical Rules of the whole Art. To which is necessarily subjoyned, The most approved Methods of Copying, Mending, Cleaning, and Varnishing of Pictures, &c. By Tho. Page, junior.
Page, Thomas, active 1720.Date: 1720- Books
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The works of Jonathan Richardson. Containing 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. A new edition, corrected, with the additions of An essay on the knowledge of prints, and cautions to collectors. Ornamented with portraits by worlidge, &c. of the most eminent Painters mentioned. Dedicated, by Permission, to Sir Joshua Reynolds. The Whole intended as a Supplement to the Anecdotes of Painters and Engravers.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745.Date: 1792- Books
Trattato della pitvra di Lionardo da Vinci, nuovamente dato in luce con la vita dell'istesso autore scritta da Rafaelle dv Fresne. Si sono aggiunti i Tre libra della pittura, ed il Trattato della statua di Leon Battista Alberti con la vita del medesimo / [Leonardo].
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.Date: 1786- Books
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An inquiry into the beauties of painting; and into the merits of the most celebrated painters, ancient and modern. By Daniel Webb. Esq;
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 1719-1798.Date: M.DCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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An essay on painting: being a notion of the historical draught or tablature of the judgment of Hercules, according to Prodicus, Lib. II. Xen. de Mem. Soc. By the Right Honourable, Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury.
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713.Date: M.DCC.XIV. [1714]- Books
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An essay on painting written in Italian by Count Algarotti F. R. S. F. S. A
Algarotti, Francesco, 1712-1764.Date: MDCCLXIIII [1764]- Books
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A description of the celebrated pieces of paintings; of the most eminent masters ancient and modern, with reflections upon the several foreign-schools of painting. By John Elsum Esq;
Elsum, John, active 1700-1705.Date: 1704- Books
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The art of painting: by C. A. du Fresnoy: with remarks: translated into English, with an original preface, containing a parallel between painting and poetry: by Mr. Dryden. As also a short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern: by R. G. Esq;
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.Date: 1716- Books
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The practice of painting and perspective made easy: in which is contained the art of painting in oil, with the method of colouring, ... and a new, short, and familiar account of the art of perspective, illustrated with copper-plates, neatly engraved, by Mr. Vivares. By Thomas Bardwell, painter.
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704-1767.Date: 1773- Books
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A treatise on the art of painting, and the composition of colours, containing instructions for all the various processes of painting. Together with Observations upon the Qualities and Ingredients of Colours. Translated from the French of M. Constant de Massoul.
Massoul, Constant de.Date: 1797- Books
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The art of painting, by C.A. du Fresnoy; with remarks and observations. Translated into English, with an original preface, containing a parallel between poetry and painting, by Mr. Dryden. With a short account of the most eminent painters, both Ancient and Modern. By Richard Graham, Esq.
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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Dolce's Aretino and Venetian art theory of the Cinquecento / by Mark W. Roskill.
Roskill, Mark W. (Mark Wentworth), 1933-2000Date: 1968- Books
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Conferences de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Par Mr. Felibien, ...
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et du Javercy, 1619-1695.Date: 1705- Books
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The compleat art of painting. A poem translated from the French of M. du Fresnoy. By D. F. gent.
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.Date: 1720