542 On the Att of Fainting 



particularly the truth and delicacy of the draw^ 

 ing'.* the perfeft blending of the colours tf the 

 fk\\{u\ Jhading iX the fcientific prefervation of fize 

 and magnitude : || and the equality and harmony 

 of the proportions throughout the whole piece. § 

 Zeuxis having publicly exhibited this pidlure, 

 and finding it was praifed by the people for the 

 novelty and ingenuity of the fubjed only, and 

 that its ikilful execution as a painting was loft 

 upon them, ordered his pupil to cover it up and 

 take it home. 



Painters (fays Plutarch^) increafe theefFeft of 

 the light and fplendid parts of a pidure by the 

 neighbourhood of dark tints and fhades. And 



* om to aTToleivai 7«; yf «//C/xaj s; ro tuSurarov* 



X ffKlOKTCU Bi hoV. 



II 'raj /LtEyaSsj tov P^oyov. 



§ Trjv Tuv jWETfwv Wfoj TO oMv itrohloc KXi a^iiovtav : this 

 feems to relate to all the before- mentioned parts : if Co, 

 note f implies harmony of colouring, and note J the 

 fdence of liglit and fhade. 



»If De defcrip. Adul. et Atnici. oi ^ay^apoit &c. Pifto- 

 res lucida et fplendida, umbrofis et tenebrofis intendunt 

 prope conftituentes. Again, tte^j EuSufjua;. ht xp«^/'*«Twv, 

 &c. Oportet iis qui colores hilares et fplendidos propo- 

 nunt abfcondere triftia et reprimere. Deleri enim omnino 

 nequeunt nee mutari poffant. Junius, 170. This lalt 

 paffage however may be taken both ways, 



Maximus 



