'.' i^OTES AND iLtU^TRzVl^lS'NS. 



P.82j1.1.The circumstance of tmis being revived by 

 means of water^ is little attended to but by painters. 

 It is a rule in their art, that no tint should be 

 introduced, into a picture, without being .revivefi 

 again ifi- other places ; in short, that it should in a 

 manner echo from one part of the composition to 

 another, and that no considerable part should be 

 without it: a rule, by no means founded on the 

 mere practice of the art, but on repeated ob- 

 servations of the most harmonious combina- 

 tions in nature. Now, water, by repeating not 

 only the brilliancy, but the hue of tlxe sky, acts as 

 a powerful harmonizer in respect to colour, and . 

 for that reason few compositions arc totally without 

 it. A small quantity, however, will answer that 

 purpose ; often better than a larger expanse, the 

 brilliancy of which might be too powerful for the 

 rest of the picture. This will account for thq 

 seemingly insignificant bits of water that we see in 

 pictures, aud also for the pleasure which lovers of 



