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The cheeks of the Virgin and those of the Child are of a bright vermilion which the old master, from a naive preference for clear definitions, has placed on each face in two circumferences as exact as if they had been traced out by a pair of compasses. A learned critic of the eighteenth century, the Abbe Lanzi, has treated Margaritone's works with profound disdain.
Sir James Mackintosh, the idol and oracle of English society at that time, pronounced her the most intellectual woman who had adorned the world, not as a novelist and poet merely, but as philosopher and critic, grappling with the highest questions that ever tasked the intellect of man.
The Poet wins the whole world's love, and immortal fame, his adverse Critic, brief contempt, and measureless oblivion. Come," he added, addressing Theos "we will leave these maidens to their duties and pastimes, Niphrata!" here his dazzling smile flashed like a beam of sunlight over his face "thou wilt bring us fruit and wine yonder, we shall pass the afternoon together within doors.
You can have read very little of M y, I should think," said the subordinate, with the true sneer of an official and a critic. The young member could have slunk into a nutshell. Percival, with very languid interest, glanced over the volume. But despite his mood, and his moderate affection for political writings, the passage he opened upon struck and seized him unawares.
This method of illustration threw an air of comedy over the theme which it illustrated; and, if the criticism failed to disturb faith in Biblical theology, the critic had only himself to thank. Another element in the satisfaction with which dignitaries and clergymen came to regard him was the fact that he was so definitely a supporter of the Church of England.
Perhaps it is not pedantic to suggest that the critic who seeks to be of service ought to be able to see in every masterpiece the result of the combined action of three forces, without any one of which that work of art could not have come into being.
Speaking through an imaginary critic, who seems to represent himself, he denies "even the natural equality of the sexes," and declares "that in every excellent character, whether mental or physical, the average woman is inferior to the average man, in the sense of having that character less in quantity and lower in quality."
Upon what does the interest of the last Act centre? How does the ending suit the various threads of the Play? Is Theseus or Hippolyta the wiser critic of 'the story of the night'; and which of them is the wiser critic of the play of Pyramus and Thisbe? In Plutarch's 'Life of Theseus' will be found passages which furnished Shakespeare with some points for his drama.
The thing "done," artistically, is a fusion, or it has not BEEN done in which case of course the artist may be, and all deservedly, pelted with any fragment of his botch the critic shall choose to pick up. But his ground once conquered, in this particular field, he knows nothing of fragments and may say in all security: "Detach one if you can.
To love a book is to invite an intimacy with it which opens the way to its heart. One of the wisest of modern readers has said that the most important characteristic of the real critic the man who penetrates the secret of a work of art is the ability to admire greatly; and there is but a short step between admiration and love.
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