 It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muscular strength of the Hercules.  THE MONTHLY REVIEW - Page 374by Several Hands - 1771Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1771 - 622 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them; it is. not ia the Hercules, nor in in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that...and of the mufcular ftrength of the Hercules. For perfeiSt beauty in any fpecics muft combine all the characters which are beautiful in that fpecies.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1772 - 656 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them ; it is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that...compounded of them all, and which partakes equally of the aftivity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the mufcular ftrengthof the Hercules.... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 452 pages
...them, but in that form which might be taken from them all, and would p?.rtake equally ot the aftivity of the gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muicular flrength of the Hercules. If the judgment of this eminent artift be admitted, the perfeftion... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the... | |
 | 1803 - 582 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them; it is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which it compounded of them all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy... | |
 | Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1805 - 432 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them, " but in that form which is taken from them all, and which partakes equally of the activity...Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muscular strength of the Hercules." Such an opinion is contrary to nature, as it goes to destroy that... | |
 | Basil Richard Barrett - 1812 - 188 pages
...beauty will be, so far, diminished. Thus, as Sir Joshua observes, " It is not in " the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in " the Apollo, but in that form, which is taken " from all/' that the beauty of the species exists. " For perfect beauty," he adds, " in any... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo; but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the... | |
 | 1821 - 508 pages
...perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo; but in that form which is taken from them all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of... | |
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