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Many were Eclectics, that is, adopted from various systems such elements as seemed to them most reasonable.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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Opposed to the Eclectics were the "Naturalists," who insisted that nature only should be studied, and that everything should be represented in the most realistic way, and made to appear in the picture exactly as it did in reality, not being beautified or adorned by any play of fancy or imagination.
A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Clara Erskine Clement Waters 1875
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These painters are known as the Eclectics and this title sufficiently indicates their effort to revive art by recomposing what lay before them in disintegrated fragments.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
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I hope, therefore, that our library will admit the works of the so-called Eclectics, of the Thomsonians, if any are in existence, of the Clairvoyants, if they have a literature, and especially of the Homoeopathists.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Providence permits sin sought to be "Eclectics" or to find a path intermediate between Mechanism and Occasionalism.
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The object of the "Eclectics" was to combine in their art Michelangelo's line, Titian's colour,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Giulio is called the "Ludovico Carracci of Cremona" although he preceded the founder of the "Eclectics".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Went with wife in the afternoon to see some pictures by the 'Eclectics' at Petit's.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896
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These men were called "Eclectics," because they elected or chose certain parts of different systems of painting, and from these formed a new manner of their own.
A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Clara Erskine Clement Waters 1875
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Went with wife in the afternoon to see some pictures by the 'Eclectics' at Petit's.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864
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