 | 1787 - 512 pages
...fhall therefore beg leave to lay before yon a iew thoughts on this fubjecT:, and to throw out lome hints that may lead your minds to an opinion, (which...I take to be the truth) that painting is not only not to be confidered as an imitation, operating by deception ; but that it is, and ought to be, in... | |
 | 1787 - 652 pages
...For which reafon I mail beg leave to lay before you a few thoughts on thisfuhje^t; to throw out feme hints that may lead your minds to an Opinion (which...I take to be the truth) that painting is not only, not to be confidered as an imitation, operating by deception, but that it is and ought to be, in many... | |
 | 1787 - 666 pages
...which reafon I (hall beg leave to lay before you a few thoughts on this fubject ; to throw out fome hints that may lead your minds to an opinion (which...I take to be the truth) that painting is not only, not to be confidered as an imitation, operating by deception, but that it is and ought to be, in many... | |
 | 1788 - 708 pages
...inftruction. The intention of this diftourfc is to flicw, " that painting is not only, not to be confidered as an imitation, operating by deception, but that...it is, and ought to be, in many points of view, and flricily fpeaking, no imitation at all of external nature." This aflèrtjop which at fiat ik-ht raay... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...For this reason I shall beg leave to lay before you a few thoughts on this subject; to throw out some hints that may lead your minds to an opinion, • (which I take to be the truth,) that Painting is riot only not to be considered as an imitation, operating by deception, but that it is, and ought to... | |
 | 1813 - 662 pages
...undertakes to prove, that painting,' (and indeed all the arts called imitative,) ' is not only not to be considered as an imitation, operating by deception,...speaking, no imitation at all of external nature.' On this1 subject we have already more than once briefly spoken : we will now once for all give our... | |
 | 1843 - 844 pages
...degradation. So far from painting hemg imitation, he proceeds to show that " it is, and ought to he, in many points of view, and strictly speaking, no imitation at all of external nature." Civilization is not the gross state of nature ; imagination is the result of cultivation, of civilization... | |
 | Hewson Clarke, John Dougall - 1817 - 902 pages
...termfoUorvtng nature, he is by no means to understand a servile manner of copying natural objects. Painting is not only to be considered as an imitation operating by deception, but it is, strictly speaking, in many points of view, no imitation at all of external nature ; but is as... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 420 pages
...For this reason I shall beg leave to lay before you a few thoughts on the subject ; to throw out some hints that may lead your minds to an opinion (which I take to be the true one) that Painting is not only not to be considered as an imitation operating by deception, but... | |
 | Hewson Clarke, John Dougall - 1825 - 892 pages
...term following nature, he is by no means to understand a servile manner of copying natural objects. Painting is not only to be considered as an imitation operating by deception, but it is, strictly speaking, in many points of view, no imitation at all of external nature ; but is as... | |
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Painting is not only to be considered as an imitation, operating by deception, but that it is, and ought to be, in many points of view, and strictly speaking, no imitation at all of external nature. Perhaps it ought to be as far removed from the vulgar... 
