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be assigned to the pictures in oil of the 

 same schools, in which, according to Sir 

 Joshua Reynolds, the full unmixed co- 

 lours, the distinct blues, reds, and yellows, 

 very much conduce to the general gran- 

 deur. The style of these schools is more 

 congenial to sculpture than that of any 

 other, as the great masters by which they 

 were rendered so illustrious, directed their 

 chief attention to the same objects as the 

 sculptors ; and either rejected, or very sparr 

 ingly admitted those captivating charms 

 belonging to their own art, of which the 

 other schools have so much availed them* 

 selves. This is particularly the case with 

 Michael Angelo,, himself a statuary, and 

 at least as eminent in sculpture as in 

 painting: he worked almost entirely in 

 fresco, the grandeur of which was so 

 suited to his genius, that he is said to 

 have declared after a single trial in oil, that 

 oil-painting was fit only for women. His 

 works, as it may well be supposed, have 

 nothing of sensual attraction, and the same 

 thing may be said in a great measure of 



