An Efay on Hiftory, in three Epiftles, to Edward Gibbon, Efq. with Notes. The Triumphs of Temper, a Poem, in fix Cantos. A POETICAL EPISTLE ΤΟ ΑΝ EMINENT PAINTER. WITH NOTE S. Συγγένειαν τινα προς ποιητικὴν εχειν ἡ τεχνη εὑρίσκεται, και κοινή τις αμφοίν είναι φαντασια. ὁ λεγειν οἱ ποιηται εχεσι ταυτα εν τω γραμματι σημαίνεσα. PHILOSTRATUS. Patet omnibus Ars, nondum eft occupata, mulum ex illa etiam futuris relictum eft. SENEC. Epift. 33. VOL. I. B ARGUMENT. An introduction to the subject-The flourishing state of Art in this country-Difadvantages attending the modern painter of portraits-Short encomium on this branch of Art, with the account of its origin in the fory of the maid of Corinth. Superiority of biftorical painting-Some account of the Greeks who excelled in it--Its deftruction, and revival in Italy-Short account of the most eminent Italian painters-Those of France and Flanders. |