This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ... SALVATOR ROSA. LANDSCAPE. The merits of Salvator Rosa are of a high order; his works have all a bold, free, and poetic character; they are original, and shew among ordinary landscapes like thistles in beds of lilies, or a ruined tower in the midst of a flower-knot. He is like no one, and no one is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ... SALVATOR ROSA. LANDSCAPE. The merits of Salvator Rosa are of a high order; his works have all a bold, free, and poetic character; they are original, and shew among ordinary landscapes like thistles in beds of lilies, or a ruined tower in the midst of a flower-knot. He is like no one, and no one is like him; few have the poetic elevation of soul to equal "What savage Rosa dashed;" and our professors usually warn their pupils against imitating one whose works they hardly consider as ranking with the more regular and scientific compositions of the academies. His history is brief and instructive. He was born at Naples in 1614, and received instructions in drawing and colour from his kinsman, Francesco Francanzano. The too early death of his father exposed him when young to many hardships; to obtain subsistence he was obliged to make sketches on paper, and sell them, it is said, in the public streets, to such purchasers as charity or accident sent. Some of these designs, together with a picture of Hagar and Ishmael, so K affected Lanfranc the painter, that he sought Salvator out, encouraged and aided him, and procured his admission to study in the school of Spagnoletto. The works of that eminent master, together with the battle scenes of Falcone, had some influence upon his mode of grouping and style of handling. His mind expanded with his fortune; he soon distinguished himself by daring conceptions, bold freedom of hand, and gloomy splendour of colouring. His soul naturally delighted in scenes of savage magnificence and ruined grandeur; his spirit loved to stray in lonely glens, and gaze on mouldering castles. The bloom of summer, the ripe abundance of autumn, or the chearful fires and merry pastimes of winter had no charms for him; he...
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Published by John Major and George and William Nicol
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, 1834
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English
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, wear to top and tail of spines with small tears, sunning to spines, corners rubbed, Vol 2 has damage to rear board joint, and broken rear hinge but board held, slight foxing throughout each volume which affects some plates, inscriptions to endpapers,... Hardback. Vol 1, [6] 204 pages, vol 2 [6], 192 pages, 72 black and white engraved reproductions of artworks by Titian, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Vandyke, Poussin, Rubens, Claude, Canaletto, Rembrandt, Lorraine, da Vinci, Raphael etc., octavo, 26cm x 17.5cm.
