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83 THE ARTIST'S ASSISTANT.
Tafle, is an idea or manner of defignitrg, which
arifes either from the complexion and natural dif-
pofition, or from education, one's matter, ftudies,
&c. Elegance gives the figure a kind of delicacy,
which ftrikes people of judgment, and a certain
agreeablenefs which pleafes every body. The cha-
racter is what is peculiar to each thing, in which
there muft be a diverfitv ; in as much as everv
thing has its particular character to diftinguifh it.
The expreffion is, as alreadv obferved, the repre-
fentation of an object according to its character,
and the feveral circumftanceS it is fuppofed to be in.
The perfpective is the reprefentation of the parts of
a painting or figure, according to the fituation they
are in, with refpect to the point of light.
The principal rules that regard the defign are ;
that novices accuflom themfelves to copy good origi-
nals at firft fight ; not to ufe fquares in drawing, for
fear of hunting and confining their judgment ; to
ftay till they can defign well after the life, before
they begin the practice of perfpective rules ; in de-
figning after the life, to learn to adjuft the bignefs
of their figures to the vifual angle, and the diftance
of the eye from the model or object ; to mark it at
all the parts of their defign, before they begin to
fhadow ; to make their contours in great pieces,
without taking notice of the little mufcles and other
breaks ; to make themfelves matters of the rules of
perfpective; to obferve every ftroke as to its perpen-
dicular, parallel, and diftance ; and particularly fo to
compare, and oppofe the parts that meet upon, and
traverfe the perpendicular, as to form a kind of
fquare in the mind; which is the great, and al-
moft the only rule of defigning juftly;-to have a
regard
Tafle, is an idea or manner of defignitrg, which
arifes either from the complexion and natural dif-
pofition, or from education, one's matter, ftudies,
&c. Elegance gives the figure a kind of delicacy,
which ftrikes people of judgment, and a certain
agreeablenefs which pleafes every body. The cha-
racter is what is peculiar to each thing, in which
there muft be a diverfitv ; in as much as everv
thing has its particular character to diftinguifh it.
The expreffion is, as alreadv obferved, the repre-
fentation of an object according to its character,
and the feveral circumftanceS it is fuppofed to be in.
The perfpective is the reprefentation of the parts of
a painting or figure, according to the fituation they
are in, with refpect to the point of light.
The principal rules that regard the defign are ;
that novices accuflom themfelves to copy good origi-
nals at firft fight ; not to ufe fquares in drawing, for
fear of hunting and confining their judgment ; to
ftay till they can defign well after the life, before
they begin the practice of perfpective rules ; in de-
figning after the life, to learn to adjuft the bignefs
of their figures to the vifual angle, and the diftance
of the eye from the model or object ; to mark it at
all the parts of their defign, before they begin to
fhadow ; to make their contours in great pieces,
without taking notice of the little mufcles and other
breaks ; to make themfelves matters of the rules of
perfpective; to obferve every ftroke as to its perpen-
dicular, parallel, and diftance ; and particularly fo to
compare, and oppofe the parts that meet upon, and
traverfe the perpendicular, as to form a kind of
fquare in the mind; which is the great, and al-
moft the only rule of defigning juftly;-to have a
regard