SCULPTURE. 445. 



sign, by a copper roller or copper-plate press, a sheet of paper pro. 

 perly disposed in a frame. 



A few of such marble tiles or blocks are now frequently taken 

 by travellers through picturesque scenery, who produce at one and 

 the same time the drawing and the engraving, and the latter with 

 far more correctness to the former than can possibly be obtained by 

 copying And as soon as a sufficient number of prints have been, 

 struck off, nothing more is necessary than to replane and repolish 

 the marble tiles, when they will be immediately ready for other 

 subjects. A particular account of this process, drawn up by M. 

 Marcel de Serres, will be found in the Annales de Chemie, vol. 

 Ixxii. 



[Editor. 



SECTION VIII. 



* 



Sculpture. 



ENGRAVING is occasionally called working en creux^ sculpture 

 working in relievo : yet in its most comprehensive range the word 

 sculpture has been applied to both these. 



The studies necessary for the young sculptor, towards the attain, 

 ment of his art, are so similar to those which form the painter (with 

 the obvious exceptions arising from the difference of materials em. 

 ployed in the two arts), that very little remains here to be enlarged 

 on, under the head of studies. The principal acquisitions to which 

 the student must direct bis endeavours are, a knowledge of compo- 

 sition, form (including anatomy), and expression ; to which, as in 

 painting, must be added the difficult study of grace. 



The method of study most recommended to young sculptors is, 

 to begin with copying, and to end with rivalling, the forms of the 

 Greek statues. 



'* Vos exemplaria Graeca 



Nocturna versate manu, versate diurna ;" 



says Du Fresnoy : nor can it be questioned that the sculptors are, 

 generally speaking, the safest guides to the study of nature. But 

 it should not pass unnoticed, that although the forms of the Greek 

 sculpture are, in general, not only more beautiful, but more appro, 

 priately so than any other ; yet in some instances they hare bee 



