Nor yet tho' Genius all his succour sends, 245 In Error's grove ten thousand thickets spread, S Spread then her genuine charms o'er all the piece, Sublime and perfect as they glow'd in Greece. Those genuine charms to seize, with zeal ex plore The vases, medals, statues, form'd of yore, Nec sine teste rei natura, artisque magistra, 255 Quidlibet ingenio, memor ut tantummodo rerum, 180 Sed juxta antiquos naturam imitabere pulchram, 185 XX. The Antique the Model to be copied. t XX. Signa antiqua Naturæ modum constituunt. Relievos high that swell the column's stem, Speak from the marble, sparkle from the gem; Hence all-majestic on th' expanding soul, There each variety of tint unite With the full harmony of shade and light. 260 265 Quodque refert specie veterum post sæcula mentem; 190 u XXI. How to paint a single Figure. * XXI. Sola Figura quo» modo tractanda. Free o'er the limbs the flowing vesture cast, The light broad folds with grace majestick placed; 270 And as each figure turns a different way, Yet devious oft and swelling from the part, The flowing robe with ease should seem to start; Not on the form in stiff adhesion laid, But well reliev❜d by gentle light and shade. There let some shadowy bending intervene, 275 As best may teach the distant folds to join; 280 y Lati, amplique sinus pannorum, et nobilis ordo 195 Membra sequens, subter latitantia lumine et umbrâ Exprimet; ille licet transversus sæpe feratur, Et circumfusos pannorum porrigat extra Membra sinus, non contiguos, ipsisque figuræ Partibus impressos, quasi pannus adhæreat illis; Sed modicè expressos cum lumine servet et umbris : Quæque intermissis passim sunt dissita vanis, Copulet, inductis subtérve, supérve lacernis. * XXII. Of Drapery. 200 y XXII. Quid in Pannis observandum. And as the limbs by few bold strokes exprest Excel in beauty so the liberal vest In large, distinct, unwrinkled folds should fly, Beauty's best handmaid is Simplicity. To diff'rent ranks adapt their proper robe; 285 With ample pall let monarchs sweep the globe; 290 Where in black shade the deeper hollow lies, Assisting art some midway fold supplies, That gently meets the light, and gently spreads To break the hardness of opposing shades. 205 Et membra, ut magnis, paucisque expressa lacertis, mescet, Lumen ut excipiens, operis quâ massa requirit, Latius extendat, sublatisque aggreget umbris. 210 Each nobler symbol classick Sages use, To mark a virtue, or adorn a Muse. Ensigns of war, of peace, or Rites divine, 295 These in thy work with dignity may shine: * But sparingly thy earth-born stores unfold, Nor load with gems, nor lace with tawdry gold; Rare things alone are dear in custom's eye, They lose their value as they multiply. b "Of absent forms the features to define, Prepare a model to direct thy line; с 300 Each garb, each custom, with precision trace, Unite in strict decorum time with place; Nobilia arma juvant Virtutum ornantque figu ras, Qualia Musarum, Belli, cultusque Deorum. • Nec sit opus nimiùm gemmis auroque refertum; Rara etenim magno in pretio, sed plurima vili. f Quæ deinde ex vero nequeant præsente videri, Prototypum prius illorum formare juvabit. 215 220 |