JoshuaReynolds
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SirJoshuaReynolds (1723-1792) “GrandStyle” inpaintingwhichdependedonidealizationoftheimperfect.Hecompletedover3000worksofart, includingafewpreliminarysketches.WiththefoundingoftheRoyalAcademyofArtin1768, Reynoldswaselecteditsfirstpresident, Ⅲ in1769.
, aseriesoflecturesdeliveredattheAcademybetween1769and1790, arerememberedfortheirsensitivityandperception.
Thisessay (originallyuntitled) firstappearedinJohnson’sTheIdler (1759).
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[1] DiscoursinginmylastletteronthedifferentpracticeoftheItalianandDutchPainters, Iobservedthat “theItalianPainterattendsonlytotheinvariable, thegreat, andgeneralideas, whicharefixedandinherentinuniversalnature.”
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