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70 THE WORKS OF
Easy Styles
Some professors have followed a style Sussix
ciently easy, and of much facility, without be-
ing totally vicious ; sucli as Peter os Cortona and
his School, in which was distinguished Lucas Gi-
ordano his disciple. Those may be called pain-
ters ofthe easy, common, and popular Styles, and
who have not investigated perfection; contenting
themselves to give in all the parts of the art, a
sufficient idea to distinguish one thing from a-
nother, without, regarding their perfection; so
that these most celebrated Artists have no other
mode of Study in their works, but such as is-
sufficient to make themselves understood by
vulgar amateurs, with very little study or ap-
plication.
That which respedts the practice of paint-
ing, comprehends five principal parts, which are
design, clare obscure, colouring, invention, and
composition. In all works occur principally and
absolu'tely the three sirst ; and all that which one
makes in these parts one mightprove ifit be done
well, or ill. It is not thus in the other two, which
are much more arbitrary, and although they
ought to be guided by reason, they avail not-
withstanding Something of opinions: from whence
arises the difficulty of finding sixed rules to con-
tent every one; and Since inyention and com-
position regulate all the parts of choice, everyone
chooses differently, and approves what he has
chosen according to his genius.
Easy Styles
Some professors have followed a style Sussix
ciently easy, and of much facility, without be-
ing totally vicious ; sucli as Peter os Cortona and
his School, in which was distinguished Lucas Gi-
ordano his disciple. Those may be called pain-
ters ofthe easy, common, and popular Styles, and
who have not investigated perfection; contenting
themselves to give in all the parts of the art, a
sufficient idea to distinguish one thing from a-
nother, without, regarding their perfection; so
that these most celebrated Artists have no other
mode of Study in their works, but such as is-
sufficient to make themselves understood by
vulgar amateurs, with very little study or ap-
plication.
That which respedts the practice of paint-
ing, comprehends five principal parts, which are
design, clare obscure, colouring, invention, and
composition. In all works occur principally and
absolu'tely the three sirst ; and all that which one
makes in these parts one mightprove ifit be done
well, or ill. It is not thus in the other two, which
are much more arbitrary, and although they
ought to be guided by reason, they avail not-
withstanding Something of opinions: from whence
arises the difficulty of finding sixed rules to con-
tent every one; and Since inyention and com-
position regulate all the parts of choice, everyone
chooses differently, and approves what he has
chosen according to his genius.