A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE ACTIONSjGESTVRES, SIT VAT I ON, D EC ORVM, MOTION, SPIRIT, AND GRACE OF PICTVRES, BYIO-PAVLE LOMATIVS, OF M ILANE. Of the <vertue andefficacie of Motion. CHAT: T is generally confefTed of all men, that all fuch moti-ons in pictures, as doe mod: neerely refemble the ///>,are exceeding pleafant; and contrariwife thofe whichdoe fartheft diflentfrom the fame,ate voide of al gra-tious beauty; committing the like difcord in Nature,which vntuncd firings doe in an inftrument. Neitherdoe thefe m
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE ACTIONSjGESTVRES, SIT VAT I ON, D EC ORVM, MOTION, SPIRIT, AND GRACE OF PICTVRES, BYIO-PAVLE LOMATIVS, OF M ILANE. Of the <vertue andefficacie of Motion. CHAT: T is generally confefTed of all men, that all fuch moti-ons in pictures, as doe mod: neerely refemble the ///>,are exceeding pleafant; and contrariwife thofe whichdoe fartheft diflentfrom the fame,ate voide of al gra-tious beauty; committing the like difcord in Nature,which vntuncd firings doe in an inftrument. Neitherdoe thefe motions, thus liuely imitating nature in ,breed only an cie-pleafing cotentment, but doalfb performe the felfc fame effects which the natural doe. For as he whichlaugheth3mourneth,or is otherwifcarFe£ted,doth naturally mooue the be-holders to the felfe fame paffion of mirth or forrow;(whence the Poet faith,if thou in me wouldft true companion breede,-And frommine beauy eies wringftouds ofteares:Then act thine inwardgriefes by word and deedeVnto mine eies, afwellasto mine eares:) So a picture artificially ex^prefling the true naturall motions, will (furely) procure laughter when itlaugheth, penfiueneffe when it is grieued &c. And, that which is
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