jil On the Art of Painting 



feleftion however from the antique paintings 

 difcovered at Herculaneum, contained in the 

 " Voyage Pitturefque de Sicile," many of which 

 Mr. L. Philips has accurately copied for the 

 infpeftion of the fociety, will contribute in 

 fome meafure to fupply the want of the valu- 

 able originals, and elucidate the topics of this 

 paper, excepting in the circumftance of co- 

 louring. 



I propofe in the following pages to confider 

 briefly^ i. Whether the ancients had at any time 

 more than four cohurSi and at what period more 

 ■were in ufe. 



2. Whether they were deficient in design, 

 ixPRESSiON, COLOURING, COMPOSITION, (inclu- 

 ding harmony of colourings chiaro-JcurOi and grouping) 



INVENTION, COUTUME, Or PERSPECTIVE.* 



of literary lumber which Junius has heaped together in his 

 prolix folio, contains many appofite quotations, but rari 

 nantes in gurgite 'vafto. The papers in the Memoirs of the 

 Academy of Infcriptions are far fuperior ; combining (in 

 general) learning with tafte ; but they are in a voluminous 

 and fcarce work ; too long ; imperfeft ; and too partial to 

 the ancients. Such other differtations of merit as I have 

 met with comparing ancient and modern painting (thofe of 

 Dolce, Du Bos, Webb, &c.) are too curfory and incomplete 

 to anfwer the purpofe of a fummary of knowledge on this 

 fubjedl. 



• The three firft, may be applied to paintings contain- 

 , ing only a fingle figure: the three laft to performance* 

 more complicated. 



3. What 



