What a Devil of a Rule

[P 272] . . . bad pictures will instruct as well as good.

Bad Pictures are always SrJoshuas Friends

[Rules of co louring of the] Venetian painters, . . .

Colouring formed upon these Principles is destructive of All Art because it takes away

the possibility of Variety & only promotes Harmony or Blending of Colours one into

another

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[P 274] . . . harmony of colouring was not [attended to by Poussin]

Such Harmony of Colouring is destructive of Art One Species of General Hue over all

is the Cursed Thing calld Harmony it is like the Smile of a Fool

[P 275] The illuminated parts of objects are in nature of a warmer tint than those that are in the

shade: . . .

Shade is always Cold & never as in Rubens & the Colourists Hot & Yellowy Brown

[P 277] . . . fulness of manner. . . Correggio . . . Rembrandt. . . . by melting and losing the

shadows in a ground still darker. . . .

All This is Destructive of Art

[P 279] . . . must depart from nature for a greater advantage. [Cannot paint moon as relatively

bright as in nature.]

[P 281] [Rembrandt made head too dark to preserve contrast with bright armour, but] it is

necessary that the work should be seen, not only without difficulty. . . but with pleasure. . . .

If the Picture ought to be seen with Ease surely The Nobler parts of the Picture such

as the Heads ought to be Principal but this Never is the Case except in the Roman &

Florentine Schools

Note I Include the Germans in the Florentine School