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ANTIQUITIES OP LOWltit EGYPT; 1
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It is singular that discoveries of great interest should i, '
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sometimes be, as it were, again lost,--or get so much
out of view as to come to the knowledge of future
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travellers so entirely by their own rescarchet, as to z , .i•
be considered new discoveries. Of this we have a -t., I 1 ,:,
striking instance us the fact we lately recorded of the
researches made by Captain C— and Mr. Saar, 1
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by which they had ascertained that the Sphynx irat I,
cut out' of the solid rock, and that the descending
passage at the entrance of the great Pyramid, which . " . . II
afterwards ascends to the two chambers, described t ii
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' by many travellers, is continued in a horizontal line'
`, through the base of the Pyramid—and had ditawered. 1
another apartment, immediately above the King's 1
1 Chainber, of the same size and fine workmanship, ,-
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' but only four feet in height. I, ‘..i
It is a curies fact that this very room over the •
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: chamber contains the Sarcophagus, which is fisfly rill 1 1
• desc • in the Journal of Mr. Davisota who was
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ritieh Consul at Algiers), inserted in Was-
pole's Memoirs relating to European and Britisk Tar- s l •
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key, p. 3547-357. So far bask as the year 1765, this ,
- Gentleman discovered this chamber, on the 9th of ; ,
i' July, of which he has given an accurate descripticd. I 's
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:' Matia.er, who was forty times in the Pyramid, had 1 La 1
' not seen it ; NIEBUHR did not observe it, but after-
s wards heard of Its existence from Mr. Mevoano, If, i I • '
4 the person who accompanied Mr. DAVISON in his i i , 1
~, visit to this Pyramid : nor has it ever been explored t
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by any person since, till Captain C— ani Mr. 4.! k i
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* SaLr's visit : its existence has evrn been doubted by
". Dr. HALES (Chronol. I. 964).. Biluce alludes to I 1 ..\ j,
Mr. D:s discovery. '
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C LECTURES ON PAINTING. i ...
''' The second Lecture was delivered, last Thursday ,4 I
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1' evening, by Mr.-Faust', Professor. I *
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r, It was observed, that the superior claim w thich the I 6t‘
r. effects of Design have upon our attention, would
'' seem to be powerfully implied by their duration ;
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words become obsolete, sounds expire, colours fade ;
r. in forms alone, can idea be rendered permanent.
k Mr. Fusxtr said, that, in the language of the art, .
Le the words Corr and IMITATION were generally con- • ,
,rr. founded, though essentially different in their mean- t '
4 ing ; precision of eye and obedience of hand being
le in truth, the requisites of the former ; while choice, 4:' 1
''' directed by judgment and taste, constitutes the et-
" sence of the latter. It had been said within the
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a_ Academy, by the highest authority, that co/our should
n, be used as soon as possible by the student ; the Pro- f ' •
ell fessor wished it particularly to be undergo:id, that t' ,
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this was by no means intended to encourage incor-t
redness of drawing ;it mattered little with what ma- 1. - 1 1 .1 t.:
I:, terials correctness of drawing was =mined ; the ac- • I` , °
complishment of it was indispensably necessary. It i
had been said by the same authority, that If we rr.eaa i
in to attain excellence of form, we must scrutinize tl.e 1 / i
CR principles, upon which the ancients wot ked. 1.. t. r (• Al 1 .
all ruling principle was correctness. The name of A rta.-
rig Les, in PLINY, is the synonym of unrivailed excel- .I. 111 `•
helance ; but the enumeration of his works neither COill
prises exclusive sublimity of invention, the most acute t
h- discrimination of character, the widest sphere of
it r comprehension, nor the best balanced composition ; .;. l'.; 1'
he, correctness was his ruling principle. That his excel-
nu lence was built upon this firm basis, is well known, ,i ,1, . i 1/, ':
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7' from his famous and well-authenticated contest with . l`la ) ' : ,
a," Paorooatkes ; from which we may deduce, that the , to o-, '.
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-.1,' schools of Greece recognized colour, grace, and cane, 1 . I
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6P- character ; and that, when they usurp that title, they i
elf degenerate into splendid faults.
sea The Professor spoke of imitation under two beads; I i
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in the first an imitation of nature as it is ; this elaclassi
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the particularly applied to portraits, and to history, )
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• rd, whose excellence was truth ; the second, an imitation I 1 '
rof of nature in a more extensive view ; not distorted by , lo,:f1 1, ,
passion, nor modified by disease; imitation of a bupe-
eat nor idea of beauty culled frown nature ; for we are ': CC, i
ism no snore able to form an idea beyond nature than we 1 ..
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Lad can create a sixth sense. i : k,
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the Mr. Fusco lamented the frequency of the unsuc-
oes cessful use of the opportunities afforded by the Aca- t'' 4 4 • , ,
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hat deny ; and disapproved of the opinion largely enter- .4a 0
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ous tained and countenanced by high authority, that the
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ore Students when they entered the life academy, shoald I 6 •
copy servilely from the model. .s ;
n a The Professor conceived it was then, that the Stu- 1
sof , dents were to apply their taste and judgment, acqui- , I;
ent red in the Antique Academy ; he particularly eller. 1
was ced the study of the Skeleton, and the science of "
ing Physiognomy. With respect to the latter, some had . 1
ned ridiculously admitted its application in the parts, but
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, .h a not in the whole • take, added he, one quarter of an
ace inch from beneath the nose of the Apollo, and the 1
eve god is degraded into a common man ! -
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acts' Mr. Fusext then entered upon the great error cf , . (
aged esign—Mannerion. To follow him in the subdi.. i
ivy, vision of this subject, would be too long for our I
is is space. Those mannerists, who never conJult nature
but at second hand, and the paltry epitomise of na-
ture's immense volume, were acutely reprobated ;.,-._
tier, but the least pardonable of all mainierias were said 't
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oPli to be those, who stoop to meanness, for the =tain-
t(A mein of grandeur. The wretched ta:te of At.iza r
DURER in this respect, was inferior to the infarno.,s
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caricatures of the great style, by GOL I TZIUS, and f .1
"re SPR ANGER : RAPIIA EL himself, in his former days,
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oard, was under the influence of this base mannerism. The .'.•
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t my lecture concluded with adviceto the Students, du- i , ...
'ears, ring which the Professor observed, that the Arts arc re it i'l
's mr not children of necessity, nor the nurslings of fashion; ; ; ,
%rat"- but that they are the offsprings of fancy, the orna- fik,
Prmenu of society, the glory of men ; what none abi...-
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good lutely want, what all wish for, what few are able to ‘
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f that attain : that a trusty labourer, an honest trades's:at),
imblic an industrious h reling, &c. are ore useful members
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of society, of more service to the state, than an Artist
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