. An essay on the theory of painting. 3but of This you may fee farther atthe end of a fmall Book of Mr. de (piles, printed Anno 1708. Cours deTeinture par He has madea Scale, the higheft Number ofwhich is 1 8, and denotes the high-eft Degree to which any one hasarrivd that we know of 5 then hefuppofes the Art to confift of Com-pojttion, Deftgn, Colouring, and £x-prejjion, of which he makes a feve-ral Column, and in thefe puts hisNumber according as he judges theMafter whofe Name he applies themto has merited. The thing is Cu-rious, and Uicful 5 but fome confi-derable Parts of Paint
. An essay on the theory of painting. 3but of This you may fee farther atthe end of a fmall Book of Mr. de (piles, printed Anno 1708. Cours deTeinture par He has madea Scale, the higheft Number ofwhich is 1 8, and denotes the high-eft Degree to which any one hasarrivd that we know of 5 then hefuppofes the Art to confift of Com-pojttion, Deftgn, Colouring, and £x-prejjion, of which he makes a feve-ral Column, and in thefe puts hisNumber according as he judges theMafter whofe Name he applies themto has merited. The thing is Cu-rious, and Uicful 5 but fome confi-derable Parts of Painting, being o-mitted it gives not a jull Idea ot theMailers. For example, accordingto this Scale Rembrandt feems tobe Equal to Giulw (Romano, and Su-perior to Michelangelo, and fparmeg-giano. Whereas had he brought Im Vention, ( *9 ) Vention, Greatnefs, Grace, &c. intothe Account, it would have let theMatter right, fuppofing he had al-lotted the juft Degrees 5 which nei-ther He, nor any one elfe can dofo as to pleafe Univerfally,. jfn to H f 270 J O O c>% <+ h «* ^ ya t*\ «*» rh tj- ^ i^ «^ «?% .2* Q - - M—^r-r—r—^ei -•^ to ? Cj O a Si a; ^ £ si o ffi K a ffiW w X k^tJ c 0 >o 0 r w|o M 0\ t/-\ 1* <* r- r-» H N|d d cr\ * 0 c* cl CA <+ Th «* *& *h W •-1 ?1 ~ 1-1 1-1 —? M JH c Q ^ tu -* o ^ fcs « & 5 - ^-a o ^ so £ ^ & ^ 0 «U ^ 5** *
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