The principles of painting, under the heads of anatomy attitude accident Architecture Composition Claro-Obscuro Contrast Colouring Design Disposition Draperies Expression Harmony History Invention Landskip Lights Proportion Passion Portraiture Sculpture Style Truth Unity, &c
Subtitle: in which is contained, An account of the Athenian, Roman, Venetian and Flemish schools. To which is added, The balance of painters. Being The Names of the most noted Painters, and their Degrees of Perfection in the Four principal Parts of their Art: Of singular Use to those who would form an Idea of the Value of Paintings and Pictures. Written originally in French by Mons. du Piles, Author of The Lives of the Painters. And now first translated into English
By: by a painter
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden Ball, in Pater-Noster Row
Published: 1743
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Painting; Early works to 1800; Painters; Technique
Work titles: Cours de peinture par principes
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the British Library.