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Fine Arts.
FINE ARTS .
Landscape Illustrations of the Bible , by Turner , Callcott , and Stanfield , engraved by Finden . In Parts , price 2 s . 6 d . each . —Engraving has reached so hig h a degree of excellence in this country , that criticism is lost in admiration . Here , in the cheap form of two-and-sixpenny parts , we have gems that mig ht adorn the collection of the connoisseur . The peculiar sunny beauty of our English Claude finds ample scope in the rich of the Eastillustratingas it werethe dreams of that
scenery , , , sacred land , rendered familiar to us in our childhood , from the perusal of the Scriptures . The Valley ofthe Brook of Kedron , with the Tomb of Absalom , recalls to mind the beautiful exclamation of his father : " Oh , Absalom , my son , my son , would I had died for thee ! " The Church ofthe Holy Sepulchre , by Roberts , conveys an idea of the grandeur and chaste simplicity which all travellers , who have visited it , describe it to possess ; while the View of Nazareth and the City of Jerudeath
salem , both by Turner , are interesting as the scenes of the birth , , ancl resurrection of Him whose life ancl faith shed a halo of glory round the land Ms presence consecrated , and from which his ministers were sent to preach the glad tidings of peace to the human race .
Illustrations of the Bible , by Richard AVestall , R . A ., and John Martin , Esq . In Parts , each containing Eight Engravings , price Is . The first number of this popular work commences with the Creation out of Chaos . The light shadowy form moving on the face of the waters , is a beautiful conception of poetic feeling : the indistinct outline produces on the imagination a stronger impression than the highest effort of the painter ' s art could possibly have achieved upon the senses ,
and does not violate the awful majesty of the Godhead by that familiarity of detail which often offends even in the pictures of our ancient masters . The Temptation , Judgment , and Expulsion , follow : the last by AVestall , ancl displays more power than the general tone of his conceptions . It concludes with the Death of Abel and the Deluge , ending an important epoch of scripture Mstory . From the general history of the subject , and the high talent of the artists , there can be little doubt but its success will be commensurate with its deserts .
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy . —The Fine Arts have gradually been advancing in England for the last fifty years , and each succeeding exhibition of the Royal Academy adduces fresh honourable proofs of what may justly he termed the English School of Painting . Among so many claims upon our notice it will be impossible to particularise all ; we shall content ourselves , therefore , with singling out a few of the most brilliant gems , at the same time assuring our readers ,
that although unnamed , they will find many pictures weE worthy the attention of the connoisseur or less critical admirer of the arts . The first that attracted our attention was No . 13 , a scene at Bolton Abbey in the Olden Time , by E . Landseer : —a warrener with a boy and a girl bringing a stag , game , and fish , to the refectory of the convent . No subject could have been more happily selected for the display of the artist ' s peculiar excellence : he has luxuriated in all the variety of plumage . The dying stag is particularly fine : the panting chest heaving
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Fine Arts.
FINE ARTS .
Landscape Illustrations of the Bible , by Turner , Callcott , and Stanfield , engraved by Finden . In Parts , price 2 s . 6 d . each . —Engraving has reached so hig h a degree of excellence in this country , that criticism is lost in admiration . Here , in the cheap form of two-and-sixpenny parts , we have gems that mig ht adorn the collection of the connoisseur . The peculiar sunny beauty of our English Claude finds ample scope in the rich of the Eastillustratingas it werethe dreams of that
scenery , , , sacred land , rendered familiar to us in our childhood , from the perusal of the Scriptures . The Valley ofthe Brook of Kedron , with the Tomb of Absalom , recalls to mind the beautiful exclamation of his father : " Oh , Absalom , my son , my son , would I had died for thee ! " The Church ofthe Holy Sepulchre , by Roberts , conveys an idea of the grandeur and chaste simplicity which all travellers , who have visited it , describe it to possess ; while the View of Nazareth and the City of Jerudeath
salem , both by Turner , are interesting as the scenes of the birth , , ancl resurrection of Him whose life ancl faith shed a halo of glory round the land Ms presence consecrated , and from which his ministers were sent to preach the glad tidings of peace to the human race .
Illustrations of the Bible , by Richard AVestall , R . A ., and John Martin , Esq . In Parts , each containing Eight Engravings , price Is . The first number of this popular work commences with the Creation out of Chaos . The light shadowy form moving on the face of the waters , is a beautiful conception of poetic feeling : the indistinct outline produces on the imagination a stronger impression than the highest effort of the painter ' s art could possibly have achieved upon the senses ,
and does not violate the awful majesty of the Godhead by that familiarity of detail which often offends even in the pictures of our ancient masters . The Temptation , Judgment , and Expulsion , follow : the last by AVestall , ancl displays more power than the general tone of his conceptions . It concludes with the Death of Abel and the Deluge , ending an important epoch of scripture Mstory . From the general history of the subject , and the high talent of the artists , there can be little doubt but its success will be commensurate with its deserts .
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy . —The Fine Arts have gradually been advancing in England for the last fifty years , and each succeeding exhibition of the Royal Academy adduces fresh honourable proofs of what may justly he termed the English School of Painting . Among so many claims upon our notice it will be impossible to particularise all ; we shall content ourselves , therefore , with singling out a few of the most brilliant gems , at the same time assuring our readers ,
that although unnamed , they will find many pictures weE worthy the attention of the connoisseur or less critical admirer of the arts . The first that attracted our attention was No . 13 , a scene at Bolton Abbey in the Olden Time , by E . Landseer : —a warrener with a boy and a girl bringing a stag , game , and fish , to the refectory of the convent . No subject could have been more happily selected for the display of the artist ' s peculiar excellence : he has luxuriated in all the variety of plumage . The dying stag is particularly fine : the panting chest heaving