The art of painting , with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters: containing a complete treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints. With Reflexions on the Works of the most Celebrated Masters, and of the several Schools of Europe, as well ancient as modern. Being the most perfect Work of the Kind extant. Translated from the French of Monsieur de Piles. To which is added, an essay towards an English school.
- Roger de Piles
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- MDCCXLIV. [1744]
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Abrégé de la vie des peintres. English
The principles of painting, under the heads of anatomy attitude accident ... In which is contained, An account of the Athenian, Roman, Venetian and Flemish schools. To which is added, The balance of painters. ... Written originally in French by Mons. du P
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London : printed for Charles Marsh, at Cicero's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, MDCCXLIV. [1744]
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The second edition.
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- Full text available: 1744 - 1744.