The Prospects of Art in the United States: An Address Before the Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia, at the Opening of Their Exhibition, May, 1840, Τόμος 299Artists' society, 1840 - 45 σελίδες |
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... wealth and power of the nation , and it is both policy and pride which employs Art to give mag- nificence to abodes of authority , and to cover with grace the deformities of oppressive rule . Our people , on the contrary , are widely ...
... wealth and power of the nation , and it is both policy and pride which employs Art to give mag- nificence to abodes of authority , and to cover with grace the deformities of oppressive rule . Our people , on the contrary , are widely ...
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... wealth hidden beneath our original forests , the faci- lity afforded to manufactures by the rapid descent of many a broad stream , the desire of bringing distant points nearer together , and of interlacing our interests by rail - roads ...
... wealth hidden beneath our original forests , the faci- lity afforded to manufactures by the rapid descent of many a broad stream , the desire of bringing distant points nearer together , and of interlacing our interests by rail - roads ...
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... wealth and political distinction offer to men of genius , and the poverty of reward , whether of honour or gain , which our countrymen have had the leisure or means to bestow upon them . In none , perhaps , is this. * Appendix ( C ...
... wealth and political distinction offer to men of genius , and the poverty of reward , whether of honour or gain , which our countrymen have had the leisure or means to bestow upon them . In none , perhaps , is this. * Appendix ( C ...
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... wealth , to bring among us good works of foreign or ancient masters , especially if they allow free access to them for students and copyists . The true gems are , how- ever , rare , and very costly . A single masterpiece would swallow ...
... wealth , to bring among us good works of foreign or ancient masters , especially if they allow free access to them for students and copyists . The true gems are , how- ever , rare , and very costly . A single masterpiece would swallow ...
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... wealth , to excite the envy of guests ; and it is not in human nature to think better of others , who insist upon showing that they are richer than we . Riches , though they gain , for obvi- ous reasons , outward deference , when they ...
... wealth , to excite the envy of guests ; and it is not in human nature to think better of others , who insist upon showing that they are richer than we . Riches , though they gain , for obvi- ous reasons , outward deference , when they ...
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