The art of painting, in all its branches : methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters, and their perfections and oversights laid open (1738)
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Fritsch, John Frederick · London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Brotherton ... [and 17 others] · leaf 235
Ghap. 5. Of Colouring, ins often do) and yet know not the Reafon why it has fuch Eleganceand Decorum, we ought to confult the Rules oF Difpofition and Har-mony, and examine with which of them the Objects agree; by whichMeans we fhall foon apprehend what Decorum is, and on what Rea-fon founded.…
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