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schools, and the spleudicl richness of the 

 Venetian ; the strikincj effects of which last 

 school, in every way, they studiedwith great 

 assiduity. An example of that middle style 

 may be given from a picture of one of the 

 greatest among the Bolognese masters — 

 the Martyrdom of St. Andrew, by Domeni- 

 chino, which is etched by Carlo Maratti. 

 There is an open range of columns, aiul the 

 view is through them towards the outward 

 air, which gives great lightness to the whole; 

 but they are in one strait line, and directly 

 opposite to the eye ; and on the left hand of 

 the picture, the wall of the inclosed place in 

 ■which the scene is represented, is quite plain. 

 By means of these circumstances, he has 

 given to the general composition that de- 

 gree of repose and simplicity, which, in 

 his judgment, was best suited to the oc- 

 casion. 



Pietro da Cortona has been reproached, 

 and not Avithout reason, as the eorru])t^r of 

 the Italian taste in painting : corrupters in 

 every way, have generally some attraction.^ 

 by means of which they are eiaabled to se^ 



