Annals of the Artists of Spain, Volume 1J. Ollivier, 1848 - Art |
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Popular passages
Page 122 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 158 - And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments and armour and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year.
Page 341 - Brioso el alto cuello y enarcado, Con la cabeza descarnada y viva; Llenas las cuencas, ancho y dilatado El bello espacio de la frente altiva: Breve el vientre rollizo, no pesado Ni caido de lados, y que aviva Los ojos eminentes; las orejas Altas sin derramarlas y parejas.
Page 437 - Nature herself, amazed, does doubting stand, Which is her own and which the painter's hand; And does attempt the like with less success, When her own work in twins she would express. His all-resembling pencil did out-pass The mimic imagery of looking-glass.
Page 72 - which points to heaven with spires more rich and delicate than any that crown the cities of the imperial Rhine. He also began to rebuild the Cathedral of Toledo, where during four hundred years artists swarmed and labored like bees ; and splendid prelates lavished their princely revenues to make fair and glorious the temple of God intrusted to their care.
Page 183 - It is now time that we should turn our attention to the curious volumes of our countryman, Mr. Horace Hayman Wilson, entitled the
Page 443 - Retablo of high altar, an elegant structure of the four orders, richly gilt, and adorned with wooden statues. In each of its three storeys are placed two large compositions of Tristan, illustrating passages in the life of the Saviour. Of these, the lower pair, are the 'Adoration of the Shepherd,' 'Adoration of the Kings;1 the 2nd, 'Christ at the Column,' 'Christ bearing His Cross;' the 3rd, 'The Resurrection,
Page 2 - ... in history. Possessing great power of adaptation, she set her mark upon all that she produced. In the northern and central regions design and initiative in architecture are mostly French ; but the influence of the Saracens leavens this northern style and informs it with richer beauty, "the songs and shrines being equally tinged with the colouring of northern piety and oriental fancy.
Page 342 - Si de lejos al arma dio el aliento Ronco la trompa militar de Marte, De repente estremece un movimiento Los miembros, sin parar en una parte: Crece el resuello, y recogido el viento Por la abierta nariz ardiendo parte: Arroja por el cuello levantado El cerdoso cabello al diestro lado.
Page 469 - Who on their plumy vans received him soft From his uneasy station, and upbore, As on a floating couch, through the blithe air; Then, in a flowery valley, set him down On a green bank, and set before him spread A table of celestial food, divine, Ambrosial fruits, fetch'd from the tree of life, And from the fount of life ambrosial drink...