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The principles of painting under the heads of anatomy ... unity, etc.: 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

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Originally published Paris 1708 as Cours de peinture par principes. De Piles was an amateur painter and prolific writer on the arts; he wrote both on theory and practice. The present copy is the first English edition. The principles are discussed 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, etc. This edition is illustrated with 2 engraved plates. This work was also translated into German (Leipzig, 1760) and Dutch (Amsterdam, n.d.).

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    London: Printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden Ball, in Pater-noster Row, 1743

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    • "A catalogue of the names of the most noted painters, and their degrees of perfection, in the four principal parts of painting; supposing absolute perfection to be divided into twenty degrees or parts": p. 297-300.
    • Includes index.
    • Plates signed: J. Mynde sc.

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