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THE WORKS OF
OF TAST E^
CHA P. I.
THE ORIGIN OF THAT NAME AS APPLIED
TO THE ARTS.
ALL human works arc imperfect, and if any
are esteemed as perfect, it is because we do
not know their defects. Human perfection is
but a similitude or a shadow of true perfection,
and for that reason, the word Taste is used in
painting, to signify that a work can have the
take of persection without being truly perfect.
This taste in painting, is in part like that os the
palate, because the- one touches the mouth,
and tongue, and the other moves the eye
and the intellect. In both, Taste has many
gradations, which are all comprehended un-
der the same denomination ; and since many
things are of a sweet, bitter, or sour taste,
THE WORKS OF
OF TAST E^
CHA P. I.
THE ORIGIN OF THAT NAME AS APPLIED
TO THE ARTS.
ALL human works arc imperfect, and if any
are esteemed as perfect, it is because we do
not know their defects. Human perfection is
but a similitude or a shadow of true perfection,
and for that reason, the word Taste is used in
painting, to signify that a work can have the
take of persection without being truly perfect.
This taste in painting, is in part like that os the
palate, because the- one touches the mouth,
and tongue, and the other moves the eye
and the intellect. In both, Taste has many
gradations, which are all comprehended un-
der the same denomination ; and since many
things are of a sweet, bitter, or sour taste,