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" The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general ; ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of nature modified by accident.... "
The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ; Late President of the Royal ... - Page 235
by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809
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The Idler, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 pages
...contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great 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,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deitroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great 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,...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great 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,...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...contrarieties which cannot fubfift together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great 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,...
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The works of sir Joshua Reynolds. To which is prefixed an account ..., Volume 2

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great, and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

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...
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Select British Classics, Volume 10

1803 - 222 pages
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of...
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Works, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...more in our native counti-y." -No. 82. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1759. TO THE IDLER. sIR, 13 ISCOURSING in my last letter on the different practice of the...of the Italian masters. If it can be proved that by tiiis choice they selected the most beautiful part of the creation, it will shew how much their principles...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of...
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