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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18732#0160
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MISCELLANIES:
HINTS on CRITICISM.
- By P H I L O.
a y T is certain the improvement or" art is the refule
of long continued obfervation and remark upon
its productions, compared with thofe originals which
are objects of imitation. The works of nature are
firft feen as it were grofsly, then more diftindtly, and
by degrees, the comparifon of one with another^
and juft reflection upon them, improve the genius^
and form the tafte of an artifr.
<c From a habit of exercifing his attention' upon
objects around him^ an artift generally difcerns with
more accuracy than others their diftinct and
peculiar characters 3 but as variety is endlefs, it
is impoffible even unremitted ftudy fhould attain ari
exact knowledge of every property, in every fubjedt
he is required to treat.
ct It is a well-known {lory of Apelles, that hav-
ing finifhed a capital picture, he expofed it to public
obfervation, concealing himfelf behind it, that he
might profit by the remarks it occafioned. A
Cobler very juftly complained of an error in the
fandal; Apelles altered it: the next day, the cobler
finding his former criticifm had been attended to,,
A thought
MISCELLANIES:
HINTS on CRITICISM.
- By P H I L O.
a y T is certain the improvement or" art is the refule
of long continued obfervation and remark upon
its productions, compared with thofe originals which
are objects of imitation. The works of nature are
firft feen as it were grofsly, then more diftindtly, and
by degrees, the comparifon of one with another^
and juft reflection upon them, improve the genius^
and form the tafte of an artifr.
<c From a habit of exercifing his attention' upon
objects around him^ an artift generally difcerns with
more accuracy than others their diftinct and
peculiar characters 3 but as variety is endlefs, it
is impoffible even unremitted ftudy fhould attain ari
exact knowledge of every property, in every fubjedt
he is required to treat.
ct It is a well-known {lory of Apelles, that hav-
ing finifhed a capital picture, he expofed it to public
obfervation, concealing himfelf behind it, that he
might profit by the remarks it occafioned. A
Cobler very juftly complained of an error in the
fandal; Apelles altered it: the next day, the cobler
finding his former criticifm had been attended to,,
A thought