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by means of certain tints, and a certain chiarofcura",
which lias a different look in marble, in the bark
of trees, in downy and delicate fubftances. Nay,
flie contrives to expr-efs found and motion by means
of light and fhade, and certain particular configu-
rations. In fome landscape's of Didericlrs, we al-
moft hear the water murmur, and fee it tremble
along the fides of the river, and of the boats upon
it. In the battles of Burgognone we are really apt
to fancy, that the trumpet founds ; and we fee the
Lorfe, who has thrown his rider, fcamper along the
plain. But, what is ftill more wonderful, painting, in
virtue of her various colours, and certain particular
geftures, expreffes even the fentiments and mofthid-
den affeftions of the foul, and renders her viable,
fo as to make the eye not only touch and hear, but
even kindle into paffion and reafon.
Many have written, and, amongffc the reft, the
famous le Brun, on the various changes, that, ac-
cording to various paffions, happen in the mulcles
of the face, which is, as it were, the dumb tongue
of the foul. They ohferve, for example, that in
fits of anger, the face reddens, the mufclesof the lips
puff out, the eyes fparkle and that, on the contrary,
in fits of melancholy, the eves grow motionlefs and
ctcad, the face pale, and the lips link in. It may be of
fervice to a Dainter to read thefe and fuch other re-
marks ; but it will be of infinitely more fervice to ftudy
them in nature itfelf, from which they have been
borrowed, and which exhibits them in that lively
manner, which neither tongue nor pen can exprefs.
But, if a painter is to have immediate recourfe to
r.ature in any thing, it is particularly in treating
thoic very minute and almoit imperceptible differ-
. ences,
by means of certain tints, and a certain chiarofcura",
which lias a different look in marble, in the bark
of trees, in downy and delicate fubftances. Nay,
flie contrives to expr-efs found and motion by means
of light and fhade, and certain particular configu-
rations. In fome landscape's of Didericlrs, we al-
moft hear the water murmur, and fee it tremble
along the fides of the river, and of the boats upon
it. In the battles of Burgognone we are really apt
to fancy, that the trumpet founds ; and we fee the
Lorfe, who has thrown his rider, fcamper along the
plain. But, what is ftill more wonderful, painting, in
virtue of her various colours, and certain particular
geftures, expreffes even the fentiments and mofthid-
den affeftions of the foul, and renders her viable,
fo as to make the eye not only touch and hear, but
even kindle into paffion and reafon.
Many have written, and, amongffc the reft, the
famous le Brun, on the various changes, that, ac-
cording to various paffions, happen in the mulcles
of the face, which is, as it were, the dumb tongue
of the foul. They ohferve, for example, that in
fits of anger, the face reddens, the mufclesof the lips
puff out, the eyes fparkle and that, on the contrary,
in fits of melancholy, the eves grow motionlefs and
ctcad, the face pale, and the lips link in. It may be of
fervice to a Dainter to read thefe and fuch other re-
marks ; but it will be of infinitely more fervice to ftudy
them in nature itfelf, from which they have been
borrowed, and which exhibits them in that lively
manner, which neither tongue nor pen can exprefs.
But, if a painter is to have immediate recourfe to
r.ature in any thing, it is particularly in treating
thoic very minute and almoit imperceptible differ-
. ences,