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Page 122
... composition and the expreffion are ex- tremely indifferent ; and certain nicer virtuosi have remarked , that in the serious pieces of Titian himself , even in one of his Laft Sup- pers , a circumftance of the Ridiculous and the Familiar ...
... composition and the expreffion are ex- tremely indifferent ; and certain nicer virtuosi have remarked , that in the serious pieces of Titian himself , even in one of his Laft Sup- pers , a circumftance of the Ridiculous and the Familiar ...
Page 175
... composition ; which he divides into the NERVOUS and AUSTERE , the SMOOTH and FLORID , and the MIDDLE , which partakes of the nature of the two others . As examples of the first fpecies , he mentions Antimachus and Empe- docles in ...
... composition ; which he divides into the NERVOUS and AUSTERE , the SMOOTH and FLORID , and the MIDDLE , which partakes of the nature of the two others . As examples of the first fpecies , he mentions Antimachus and Empe- docles in ...
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