An Essay on Painting: Written in Italian (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from An Essay on Painting: Written in Italian I'f'ris not a matter of fo little importance, (as fome are, perhaps, apt to 4magme, upon ii/hat drawings a pupil is firi'c put.to exercife rjhis talents. Let the firfi profiles, the firft Ehands, the firfi feet given him to copy, be of ethe beii inaliers, fo as to bring and his hand early acquainted with the ele gant forms, and the mof't beautiful proper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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An Essay on Painting Written in Italian Francesco Conte Algarotti,Lockyer 1719-1791 Davis,Charles Reymers No preview available - 2021 |
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