160
dignity of painting,
than
from
these
two
CO1Tl-
positions of art.
hen W8
consider the combination
of ex-
cellence
requisite
to
produce
the
sublime
in
painting; the uni011 of propriety with dignity
of character; the graceful grouping; the noble
folding of drapery,
and the deep sombrous tones
of
the
clair-obscure,
with
aPPI'0priate
colours
havrfnoniously
blending
into
one
there is a
picture
entitled
to
the
appellation
of
from the union of all these excellences,
sublime,
described :
I have
it is that which
considered in
all its parts, it is, perhaps,
work in painting, which has
observation.
superior to any
fallen under my
" When these powerful essays
Vinci, Bartolomeo di St. Marco,
in art By Da
and Michael
Angelo became celebrated,
attained his adult age, made
Raphael, having
his appearance at
Florence ;
where the influence
of thb works
of
those three great artists pervaded all the avenues
to excellence in art.