De arte graphica The art of painting / by C.A. Du Fresnoy ; with remarks ; translated into English, together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry, by Mr. Dryden ; as also A short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times, according to the order of their succession, by another hand.
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- De arte graphica The art of painting / by C.A. Du Fresnoy ; with remarks ; translated into English, together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry, by Mr. Dryden ; as also A short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times, according to the order of their succession, by another hand.
- Author
- Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers ...,
- 1695.
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- Subject terms
- Painting -- Early works to 1800.
- Painters -- Early works to 1800.
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"De arte graphica The art of painting / by C.A. Du Fresnoy ; with remarks ; translated into English, together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry, by Mr. Dryden ; as also A short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times, according to the order of their succession, by another hand." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a36766.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.
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Notes
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Primum Prae∣ceptum. De Pulchro.
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Praecep∣tum. De Speculati∣one & Praxi.
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Praecep∣tum. De Argu∣mento.
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INVEN∣TIO prima Pictu∣rae pars.
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Dispositio, si∣ve operis to∣tius Oecono∣mia.
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Fidelitas Ar∣gumenti.
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Inane rejici∣••••ndum.
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GRAPHIS seu Positura, Secunda Pi∣cturae pars.
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Varietas in Figuris.
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Figura situna cum Mem∣bris & Vesti∣bus
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Mutorum a∣ctiones imi∣tandae.
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Figura Prin∣c••••ps.
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Figurarum Globiseu Cu∣muli.
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Positurorum di••••ersitas in cumulis.
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Tabulaelibra∣mentum.
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Numerus Fi∣gurarum.
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Internodia & Pedes exhi∣bendi.
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Motusmanu∣um motui ca∣pitis jungen∣dus.
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Quaefugienda in Distributi∣one & Com∣positione.
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NaturaGenlo accommo∣danda.
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Signa Anti∣qua Naturae modum con∣stituunt.
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Sola Figura quomodotra∣ctanda.
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Quid in Pan∣nis observan∣dum.
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Quid mul∣tu•••• conferat ad•••• abulae or∣namentum.
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Ornamen∣tum Auri & Gemmarum.
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Prototypus.
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Convenientia rerum cum Scena.
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Charites & Nobilitas.
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Res quaeque locum suum teneat.
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Affectus.
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Gotthorum ornamenta fugienda.
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CHROMA∣TICE Tertia pars Picturae.
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Tonorum, Luminum & Umbrarum ratio.
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Corpora den∣sa & opaca cum translu∣centibus.
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Non duo ex Coelo Lumi∣na in Tabu∣lam aequalia.
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Album & N••••grum.
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Colorum re∣flectio.
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Unio Colo∣rum.
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Aer interpo∣situs.
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Distantia∣rum Relatio.
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Corpora pro∣cul distantia.
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Contigua & Dissita.
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Contraria ex∣trema fugi∣enda.
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Tonus & Color varii.
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Luminis de∣lectus.
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Quaedam circa Praxim.
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Campus Ta∣bulae.
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Color vivi∣dus, non ta∣men pallidus.
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Umbra.
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Ex una Pa∣tella sit Ta∣bula.
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Speculum Pictorum Magister.
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Dimidia Fi∣gura vel in∣tegra ante alias.
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E••••igies.
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Locus Ta∣bulae.
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Lumina lata.
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Quantitas Luminis loci in quo Tabu∣la est expo∣nenda.
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Errores & vi∣tia Picturae.
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Prudentia in Pictore.
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Elegantium Idaea Tabula∣rum.
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Pictor Tyro.
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Ars debet ser∣vire Pictori, non Pictor Arti.
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Oculosrecre∣ant diversitas & Operis fa∣cilitas, quae speciatim Ars dicitur.
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Archetypus in mente, A∣pographum in tela.
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Circinusin o∣culis.
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Superbia pi∣ctori nocet plurimúm.
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〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
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Quod ment•••• conceperis manu com∣proba.
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Matutinum tempus La∣bori aptum.
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Singulis die∣bus aliquid faciendum.
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Affectus in∣observati & naturales.
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Non desint ••••ugillares.
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Ordo Studio∣rum.
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Natura & Experientia Artem perfi∣ciunt.