appearance
A Pair of Stays to mend the Shape
Of crooked Humpy Woman:
Put on 0 Venus! now thou art,
Quite a Venetian Roman.>
[P 100] . . . there is a sort of senatorial dignity about [Titian] . . .
give always the Characters of Vulgar Stupidity>
Why should Titian & The Venetians be Named in a discourse on Art
Such Idiots are not Artists
Than Boulsterd Plasters on a Crooked Whore.>
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[P 101] The Venetian is indeed the most splendid of the schools of elegance; . . .
Colours>
[P 102] . . . elaborate harmony Of colouring, a brilliancy of tints, a soft and gradual transition
from one to another, . . .
Sublime>
Such excellence. . . is weak. . . when the work aspires to grandeur and sublimity.
Well Said
[P 103] But it must be allowed in favour of the Venetians, that [Rubens] was more gross than
they.
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