bliflierof that Academy' Monfieur Colbert I whb t^kes'S 
very particular care to make Arts RorKb in France ^ being plea- 
fed to vifit thofe Artifts fome while &nCe , to fee what progrefs 
they made, and having receiv'd an Account of what had been 
done in their meetings , exprelTed himfelf to this effeft. That 
^^s 'twas nec^flT^ry , for the Teaching of Arts , to joyn Exam- 
ples to P(5^ce:pts!iKfo he ithoughtur proper^ that from time to 
time the Works of ii^e mbft dxtellent Painters fliould be exa- 
mined, and fuch Obfervations made thereon , as would informe 
others^ Wherein the perfeftion of a Pidiare xonfifts. Which 
hath, been ever fincepracJlifed amongft. them* as the bcft means 
to carry the Art of Painting -to its higeft perfedion 5 fuch an 
Examen of the beft Pidures difcloiing many fecrets of that Art, 
for which there are no Rules , and opening a dorc to debate 
many important que ftions, hitherto not treated of. 
In the particulars , wJaich iia?ie been made publick, pfthefe 
jCoaferences y w ^nay •-fiady-^iU^isrbul o'Uj liJbl^b'nai/j 
,| Flrfi y A g,eneral///e4 of:tIie Ard of Piainting \vfereii*'ar€ 
confider'd two principal parts , theone belonging to the Theerj 5 
the other ; regarding th^ Fra£ti(ey and the dexterity of the hand. . 
Wher^'tis obfev'd ^ jtiiat the Authors, that have written of 
Ipainting .,t ha>^ fijC>E>ti'C3ted>Gf:the fbmier part, how confide- 
lable foe^rer th§t/ bfijlin rpgai'di of 'theDiffera aiid 'Difpofitioa 
; iNeM,y:vi Relation 067. J conferences, tvhereof Were m^de 
upon as many Vkcts oi Rafhatly. l'tnAn ^ Paul Feronefe^ and 
jpi?^f(2>/ , ^pd the y^'pf^;*^^ upon that of Lamon. Where 
l^re to be,met with many: dirious^reaiarcjues, and^ among- many 
others,rthe{e following. . "cciO jwii -sDii i- >ffii^. kiv: :^ 
M. Je Brun confidering a Piece. ^of l?/r/>fee!/V wherfe 15 fepre- 
fented the Combat of St i\//V/&^/ with the D/W, obferves;, that 
the expreflion particularly depends from, the Bodies^, which 
environ the Figures*, affirming, {h^at 'tis that, vvhicKTets. out 
the Motion and Adioh in the figi|re,oiP Sti'^Meiy 's^^ 
to have life in this^ Piece : For , ais if 'the^ Air were prelfed by 
the 'Weight of the Body defcending , it caufeth whatever it 
meets vyith as more light , to be raifed ^ and drives it oa high 
