Fuseli and the Scottish Scene in Art Critique
A detailed critique of Fuseli's work notes living expression and tireless pencil technique, contrasts Scottish and English scenes, and questions anatomical exaggeration. It cites No. 181 Amphiarus and other pieces, condemning distorted attitudes, exaggerated lines, and ostentatious science while praising vigor and sublimity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipp
Smith
Wilkie
Amphiarus
Thebes
Eriphyle
Alema
Fusevi
Milton
Mr. Fuseli
Herod
Prometheus
Hercules
Satan
Michael
Prithee
Ansley
Damon and Pythias Triumph at Covent Garden Theatre
The review celebrates a tightened Damon and Pythias with Pythias’s steadfast death drive to save his friend. Macreapy earns high praise for his dramatic force. Kemseez improves with the altered role. dancers and other performers receive noted attention amid Friday’s programs at the new King Street venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent Garden
Damon
Pythias
Calanthe
Annott
Dionysius
Connor
Lucullus
Miss Dance
Miss Footx
Macreapy
Marian Ramsay
Lady Teazle
Fawcrter
W. Farren
Liston
Amuro- Getti
Halanot
M. Alexandre
King-street
St. James’s
England
Vanity of National Grandeur in a Tower Fragment
Poetic excerpt complains of national vanity and the greed for power. It contrasts giddy displays of pomp with the toil of workers and artists, portraying a land worn by ostentation and misused wealth. The fragment notes minds map cheated by hollow grandeur.