among the Ancients. ' 549 



To thefe may alfo be added the paflages from 

 Plutarch already quoted under the head of 

 colouringy 01 Se ^oiy^a<poi ra ^OTfiva, &C. and hi x^c>>if.mm 

 ra fau^a^ Scc, That from Maximus Tyrius 



o(pda>./ioti (pi>.ov ixtv xfW/KaTwv, &C. And the (THiaaai £j hov 



ofLucian. 



Zeuxis, PcP.lfgnotus, Euphranor (fays Philo- 

 ftratus*) umbras etiam atque Jpiritus necnon recedentia 

 atque eminentia fud arte exprejferunt. The fame 

 author fays of the pidlure of Venus, f that '^ the 

 " goddefs will not feem to be painted, but fprings 

 ** from the canvafs as if fhe would be purfued." 



In paintings, fays another author, ;]: the con- 

 tour of the illumined part Ihould be "blended 

 *' with and loft in the fhade, for on this, joined 

 " to the advantage of colouring, depend ani- 

 ** mation, tendernefs, and the fimilitude to 

 ** truth, " 



I think it will be evident, on examination, 

 that all the preceding quotations may relate 

 merely to the light and fhade of fingle figures, 

 without involving what is now called the fcience 

 of the Clair obfcure. There are many obferva- 



* Zeyfij, IIo^uvvuT©-, Ew^favwf, to £y<rxiov, See. Vit. 

 Apol. Tyan. lib. II. cap. 9. 



f ou e'a^ETa(, &c. De Pift. Veneris, lib. II. p. 810. 

 Webb, 101. The paffage here quoted by Mr. Webb is in 

 the TMNHTPIAI. Virgines Canentes. 



X Theages Pythagor. apud'Stobseum, Webb, 102. 



N n 3 tions. 



