Sketches of Great Painters for Young People

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Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett, 1902 - 293 pagini

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Pagina 76 - Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance ; they had the likeness of a man.
Pagina 236 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Pagina 76 - As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side : and they four had the face of an ox on the left side ; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Pagina 12 - In the old Tuscan town stands Giotto's tower, The lily of Florence blossoming in stone, — A vision, a delight, and a desire, — The builder's perfect and centennial flower, That in the night of ages bloomed alone, But wanting still the glory of the spire.
Pagina 187 - The jewel itself was not so precious as the rays of enduring light which form it, and flash from it, beneath that errorless hand. The man himself, what he was — not more ; but to all conceivable proof of sight — in all aspect of life or thought — not less. He sits alone in his accustomed room, his common work laid out before him ; he is conscious of no presence, assumes no dignity, bears no sudden or superficial look of care or interest, lives only as he lived — but for ever.
Pagina 187 - Gyzen,* every accessory Is perfect with a fine perfection : the carnations in the glass vase by his side — the ball of gold, chased with blue enamel, suspended on the wall — the books — the steelyard— the papers on the table, the seal-ring, with its quartered bearings, — all intensely there, and there in beauty of which no one could have dreamed that even flowers or gold were capable, far less parchment or steel. But every change of shade is felt, every rich and rubied line of petal followed;...
Pagina 263 - Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or streaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the Sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's great Author rise; Whether to deck with clouds th' uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise.
Pagina 76 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

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