London . [.Inliii IIuntiT.] ii^. [Old Academy in ] LXIV.—THE ROYAL ACADEMY. No. I. During the reign of the first George and part of that of the second, it seemed asthough the nation at large was inclined to participate in the well-known con-tempt of one of those monarchs for Bainting, whatever it might do as regardshis similar opinion of Bcetiy; at all events, since anything deserving thename of art had existed in this country, never before had the prospect seemed sohopeless. The admirable works of Holbein and Vandyke, and, in a lesserdegree, of Lely and Kneller (all foreigne
London . [.Inliii IIuntiT.] ii^. [Old Academy in ] LXIV.—THE ROYAL ACADEMY. No. I. During the reign of the first George and part of that of the second, it seemed asthough the nation at large was inclined to participate in the well-known con-tempt of one of those monarchs for Bainting, whatever it might do as regardshis similar opinion of Bcetiy; at all events, since anything deserving thename of art had existed in this country, never before had the prospect seemed sohopeless. The admirable works of Holbein and Vandyke, and, in a lesserdegree, of Lely and Kneller (all foreigners), which had been scattered so pro-fusely abroad through the palaces and mansions of England, appeared to havefallen on a soil barren, as far as they were concerned, but most prolific of theranker and more gaudy kinds of vegetation. Whilst the national mind appearedto make no response to the exertions of the great painters we have mentioned,the sight of the acres of garish canvas— Where sprawl tlie saints of Verrio and La
Size: 1509px × 1656px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1844
