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48 THE WORKS OF
sstip sor that artist, or his complacency to
the Emperor Titus, who this work perhaps fuf-
ficiently pleased, or lastly from the impression
these serpents macle in him, which he solely
praises in a work where there are so many others
cssential beauties to be observed. Among these,
the mode of working the marble is remarkable,
being left by the chisel, especially in the flesh,
without the appearance of the rasp, the pum-
mice, or of cleaning; a style of working whicli
one observes in many other egregious works, as
in the Venus of Medicis, &c. All the siatues
worked in that manner are less finished in the
minute parts, and prevails in them a certain
taste which never enters into the art, except
after having conquered every difficulty ; that
is, when the artists are arrived to that negli-
gence, and facility which in place of dimi-
nishing, admirably increases the delight of the
the spe&ators. This style however, cannot have
been introduced in the art at the time of the
most excellent artists, because the molt regular
way is simply to begin by the most necessary, to
proceed by acquiring lights to express the essen-
tial of things, and refining the Rudy to choose
lastly the most beautiful, and the most usesul, by
which one arrives to perfection, whicli consists
in the equal execution of all the parts, in their
good order; from whence results a whole capa-
ble of exalting our understanding to the com-
prehension os the subject represented by the
artist. Proceeding further, and seeking always
the facility os things, and sinding always the
sstip sor that artist, or his complacency to
the Emperor Titus, who this work perhaps fuf-
ficiently pleased, or lastly from the impression
these serpents macle in him, which he solely
praises in a work where there are so many others
cssential beauties to be observed. Among these,
the mode of working the marble is remarkable,
being left by the chisel, especially in the flesh,
without the appearance of the rasp, the pum-
mice, or of cleaning; a style of working whicli
one observes in many other egregious works, as
in the Venus of Medicis, &c. All the siatues
worked in that manner are less finished in the
minute parts, and prevails in them a certain
taste which never enters into the art, except
after having conquered every difficulty ; that
is, when the artists are arrived to that negli-
gence, and facility which in place of dimi-
nishing, admirably increases the delight of the
the spe&ators. This style however, cannot have
been introduced in the art at the time of the
most excellent artists, because the molt regular
way is simply to begin by the most necessary, to
proceed by acquiring lights to express the essen-
tial of things, and refining the Rudy to choose
lastly the most beautiful, and the most usesul, by
which one arrives to perfection, whicli consists
in the equal execution of all the parts, in their
good order; from whence results a whole capa-
ble of exalting our understanding to the com-
prehension os the subject represented by the
artist. Proceeding further, and seeking always
the facility os things, and sinding always the