...things themselves: that colour, grace, ami taste, are ornaments, not substitutes of form, expres-, sion, and character, and when they usurp that title, degenerate...formed his Venus, or rather the personification of the birthday of love, the wonder of art, the de-> spair of artists ; whose outline baffled every attempt...

...taste, presupposes a perfect knowledge of the things themselves : that colour, grace, and taste, are ornaments, not substitutes of form, expression, and character, and when they usurp that title, dege« nerate into splendid faults; Such were the principles on which Apelles formed his Venus, or...

...presupposes a comparative knowledge of things themselves : that colour, grace, and taste are companions, not substitutes of form, expression and character,...usurp that title, degenerate into splendid faults. This precision of hand and eye presupposed, we now come to its application and object, Imitation, which...

...taste, presupposes a perfect knowledge of the things themselves : that colour, grace, and taste are ornaments not substitutes of form, expression and...Female Grace, the wonder of art, the despair of artists : whose outline baffled every attempt at emendation, whilst imitation shrunk from the purity, the force,...

...presupposes a comparative knowledge of things themselves: that colour, grace, and taste are companions, not substitutes of form, expression, and character,...usurp that title, degenerate into splendid faults. This precision of hand and eye presupposed, we now come to its application and object, Imitation, which...

...taste presupposes a perfect knowledge of the things themselves ; that colour, grace, and taste are ornaments, not substitutes, of form, expression, and...Female Grace, the wonder of art, the despair of artists ; whose outline baffled every attempt at emendation, while imitation shrunk from the purity, the force,...

...grace, and establishes the superiority of one artist over another; that color, grace, and taste, are ornaments, not substitutes, of form, expression, and...usurp that title, degenerate into splendid faults."* When this department of his education has been thoroughly attended to, let him procure the " Hand-book...

...name of Apelles in Pliny is the synonym of unrivalled and unattainable •excellence " ; and again, " His Venus, or rather the personification of Female Grace, the wonder of art, the despair of artists : whose outline baffled every attempt at emendation, whilst imitation shrunk from the purity, the force,...

...taste presupposes a perfect knowledge of the things themselves ; that colour, grace, and taste are ornaments, not substitutes of form, expression, and...Female Grace, the wonder of art, the despair of artists ; whose outline baflled every attempt at emendation, while imitation shrunk from the purity, the force,...

...taste, presupposes a perfect knowledge of the things themselves : that colour, grace, and taste, are ornaments, not substi-tutes, of form, expression,...his Venus, or rather the personifi-cation of Female Grace,—the wonder of art, the despair of artists." That this view of the Venus is right, is proved,...