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ficfiircs ofbo^'s aniidsL festoons of ruliagc ; 

 but they arc wry close to each otlicr, the 

 view is inwards towards the temple, and 

 only a very small portion of'the sky is seen. 

 This alone would be sufficient to occasion 

 the striking difference between these two 

 compositions, in point of airiness and light- 

 ness of effect : but there is anotlier cause, 

 distinct from architecture, which clogs that 

 of Raphael ; and which deserves to be men- 

 tioned, as it shews the different character 

 and aim of the two painters. The figures 

 in this cartoon are of their natural size,whi}e 

 the columns are on so much smaller a scale, 

 that the bodies of the figures which are be* 

 3'ond them, and therefore further removed 

 from the eye, are as large, or larger, than 

 their shafts : and consequently fill up the 

 space, which was already sufficiently crowd- 

 ed. It may be alleged, that a groat history 

 painter, whose mind wasoccuj)icd with the 

 character and expression of his figures, is 

 justified in having sacrificed propriety, and 

 even probability, in an inferior branch of 

 the art; and the judgment of Sir Joshua 



