. Ariadne florentina; six lectures on wood and metal engraving, with appendix; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1872. . utterly English mind, the straw of the sty,and its tenantry, were abiding truth;—the cloudof Olympus, and its tenantry, a childs could draw a pig, but not an Aphrodite. 102. The three pieces of woodcut from hisFables (the two lower ones enlarged) in theopposite plate, show his utmost strength andutmost rudeness. I must endeavour to makeyou thoroughly understand both :—the magni-ficent artistic power, the flawless virtue, vera-city, tenderness
. Ariadne florentina; six lectures on wood and metal engraving, with appendix; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1872. . utterly English mind, the straw of the sty,and its tenantry, were abiding truth;—the cloudof Olympus, and its tenantry, a childs could draw a pig, but not an Aphrodite. 102. The three pieces of woodcut from hisFables (the two lower ones enlarged) in theopposite plate, show his utmost strength andutmost rudeness. I must endeavour to makeyou thoroughly understand both :—the magni-ficent artistic power, the flawless virtue, vera-city, tenderness,—the infinite humour of ; and yet the difference between Englandand Florence, in the use they make of suchgifts in their children. For the moment, however, I confine myself tothe examination of technical points; and we mustfollow our former conclusions a little further. 103. Because our lines in wood must bethick, it becomes an extreme virtue in woodengraving to economize lines,—not merely, asin all other art, to save time and power, butbecause, our lines being necessarily blunt, wemust make up our minds to do with ^.^i
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