The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 65R. Griffiths, 1781 - Books |
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Page 93
... ancient Greeks and Romans , ever made use of oil as a vehi- cle for their pigments . And here we may obferve , that whoever difcovers the vehicle used by the ancient painters , will perform a grateful and im- portant fervice to the art ...
... ancient Greeks and Romans , ever made use of oil as a vehi- cle for their pigments . And here we may obferve , that whoever difcovers the vehicle used by the ancient painters , will perform a grateful and im- portant fervice to the art ...
Page 148
... ancients are in- ftructive ; they are justly unfavourable to the ancient Romans , and they are not to the advantage of modern artists even of the first clafs , which , allowing them high and illuftrious merit , he places nevertheless in ...
... ancients are in- ftructive ; they are justly unfavourable to the ancient Romans , and they are not to the advantage of modern artists even of the first clafs , which , allowing them high and illuftrious merit , he places nevertheless in ...
Page 149
... ancient ftatues form an argument from induction in favour of the excellence of the ancient paintings ; for , if the progrefs of painting in ancient times was proportionable to that of fculpture ( which it may or may not have been , for ...
... ancient ftatues form an argument from induction in favour of the excellence of the ancient paintings ; for , if the progrefs of painting in ancient times was proportionable to that of fculpture ( which it may or may not have been , for ...
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