Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid, and works its effect itself unseen.

Joshua Reynolds

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Topic

Subtlety Art

Speaker

Joshua Reynolds

Source

Discourses on Art

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Reynolds, Joshua. "Discourse VI." 10 Dec. 1774, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, UK. Lecture.

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When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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Source
Declaration of Independence
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
Era
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Original Citation

United States Declaration of Independence. 1776.

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The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

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Topic
Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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