 There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles or Albert Durer were the more trifler ; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions, the other, by taking the best parts...  Essays: And Wisdom of the Ancients - Page 240by Francis Bacon - 1884 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Roses - 1867 - 172 pages
...favour, is more than that of colour , and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...trifler; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions; the other, by taking the best parts out of divers faces to make one excellent.... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 pages
...of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express ; nor the first sight of life. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some...Durer were the more trifler ; whereof the one would THE TIMON OF ATHENS. make a personage by geometrical proportions ; the other, by taking the best parts... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That [4] is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...express ; no, nor the first sight of the life. There [5] is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express ; nor the first sight of life. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...favour* is more than that of colour, and that of decent' arid gracious' motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...Albert Durer were the more' trifler ; whereof the one 1 Almost. For the most part ; generally. ' Who ia there almost, whose mind at some time or other, love... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...favour4 is more than that of colour, and that of decent5 and gracious8 motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...cannot tell whether Apelles or Albert Durer were the more7 trifler ; whereof the one 1 Almost. For the most part; generally. 'Who is there almost, whose... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...Motion, more then that of Favour. That is the best Part of Beauty, which a Picture cannot expresse; No nor the first Sight of the Life. There is no Excellent Beauty, that hath not some Strangenesse in the Proportion. A Man cannot tell, whether Apelles, or Albert Durer, were the more... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...is more than that of colour ; and that of decent 2 and gracious 3 motion, more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...tell whether Apelles or Albert Durer were the more 4 trifler ; 5 whereof the one would make n personage by geometrical proportions : the other, by taking... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - 1870 - 420 pages
...truth. (20) The wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. (21) Unsafe are all things unbecoming. (22) There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. (23) It is a poor centre of a man's actions, himself. (24) Mercy but murders, pardoning those that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1871 - 634 pages
...Excellent Beauty, that hath notfome Strangenefle in the Proportion. A Man cannot tell, whether Apdles, or Albert Durer, were the more Trifler : Whereof the one would make a*" Perfonage by Geometricall Proportions : The other, by taking the beft Parts out of diuers Faces, to... | |
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