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The drawing gives the form, the colour its visiblequality, and the light and shade its solidity:" in every one of thesethe habit of seeing as a whole must be acquired. From this habit arisesthe power of imitating by "dexterous methods. " He proceeds to show thatthe fame of the greatest painters does not rest upon their high finish. Raffaelle and Titian, one in drawing the other in colour, by no meansfinished highly; but acquired by their genius an expressive execution. Most of his subsequent re...marks are upon practice in execution andcolour, in contradistinction to elaborate finish. Vasari calls Titian, "giudicioso, bello, e stupendo, " with regard to this power. Hegeneralized by colour, and by execution. "In his colouring, he was largeand general. " By these epithets, we think Sir Joshua has admitted thatthe great style comprehends colouring. "Whether it is the human figure, an animal, or even inanimate objects, there is nothing, howeverunpromising in appearance, but may be raised into dignity, conveysentiment, and produce emotion, in the hands of a painter of genius.
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