 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 pages
...with the Italian School, is to join contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only...and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in univerfal Nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exaclnefs in the detail,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...with the Italian fchool, is to join contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only...and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in univerfal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactnefs in the detail,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...with the Italian fchool, is to join contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deitroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only...and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in univerfal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactnefs in the detail,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...with the Italian fchool, is to join contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only...and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in univerfal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactnefs in the detail,... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pages
...fchool, is to join contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deltroy the efficacy ofeach other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general ideas which arc fixed and inherent in univerfal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...on the different practice of the Italian and Dutch Painters, I observed that " the Italian Painter attends only to the invariable, the great, and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal nature." I was led into the subject of this letter by endeavouring to fix the original cause of this conduct... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...different practice of the Italian and Dutch painters, I.obferved, that " the Italian painter at" tends only to the invariable, the great and general ** ideas which are fixed and inherent in univerfal nature." I was led into the fubjefl: of this letter by endeavouring to fix the original caufe... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pages
...Italian and Dutch painters, I observed that " the Italian painter attends only to the invaria" ble, the great and general ideas which are fixed and " inherent in universal nature." I was led into the subject of this letter by endeavouring to fix the original cause of this conduct... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...different practice of the Italian and Dutch painters, I observed, that "the Italian painter at" tends only to the invariable, the great and general " ideas...which are fixed and inherent in universal " nature." I was led into the subject of this letter by endeavouring to fix the original cause of this conduct... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...on the different practice of the Italian and Dutch painters, I observed, that " the Italian painter attends only to the invariable, the great and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal nature." I was led into the subject of this letter by endeavouring to fix the original cause of this conduct... | |
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I was led into the subject of this letter by endeavouring to fix the original cause of this conduct of the Italian masters. If it can be proved that by this choice they selected the most beautiful part of the creation, it will... 
