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effect, harmony, and connection — the va- 

 riety of their forms, and their light and 

 fhadow, were fuch as his judgment ap- 

 proved ; while in the other, every thing 

 was comparatively fcattered, difcordant 

 and in patches, and had neither the fame 

 variety nor connection — wduld he not be 

 a better judge of the degree of fuperiority 

 of the one over the other, and of the caufes 

 of that fuperiority, than a perfon who had 

 not ftudied his art? would not his criti- 

 cisms, and his directions, be more likely 

 to improve fuch fcenes, than thofe of a 

 gardener? and were he to paint them, is 

 it not probable that the one he preferred 

 would be the more beautiful, both in rea- 

 lity, and on the canvas ? The queftion, 

 therefore, is not, whether the Caracci, 

 Francefco Bolognefe, or S. Rofa, would 

 ftudy landfcapes in a flower-garden, but 

 which of two fcenes of the fame charac- 

 ter. 



