m Minuter forms, when distantly we trace, Are mingled all in one compacted mass ;

Such the light leaves that clothe remoter woods,

And such the waves on wide-extended floods.
"Let each contiguous part be firm allied, 485
Nor labour less the separate to divide ;
Yet so divide that to th'approving eye

They both at small and pleafing distance lie.
Forbid two hostile colours close to meet,
And win with middle tints their union
sweet;

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P Cuncta minuta procul massam densantur in unam; Ut folia arboribus sylvarum, et in æquore fluctus. a Contigua inter se coëant, sed dissita distent, Distabuntque tamen grato, et discrimine parvo.

r

Extrema extremis contraria jungere noli; Sed medio sint usque gradu sociata coloris.

* XXXIX. Of Bodies which are distanced.

XL. Of contiguous and separated Bodies.

• XLI. Colours very opposite to each other never to be joined.

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P XXXIX. Corpora pro cul distantia.

• XL. Contigua et Dis.

sita.

r XLI. Contraria extrema fugienda.

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Yet varying all thy tones, let some aspire

Fiercely in front, some tenderly retire.

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Vain is the hope by colouring to display The bright effulgence of the noon-tide ray, Or paint the full-orb'd Ruler of the skies With pencils dipp'd in dull terrestrial dyes: But when mild Evening sheds her golden light; When Morn appears array'd in modest white} When soft suffusion of the vernal shower 499 Dims the pale sun; or, at the thundʼring hour, When, wrapt in crimson clouds, he hides his head,

Then catch the glow and on the canvas spread.

*Corporum erit tonus atque color variatus ubique; Quærat amicitiam retro; ferus emicet ante.

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Supremum in tabulis lumen captare diei, Insanus labor artificum; cùm attingere tantum. Non pigmenta queant: auream sed vespere lucem, Seu modicùm mane albentem; sive ætheris actam Post hyemem nimbis transfuso sole caducam ;

Seu nebulis fultam accipient, tonitruque rubentem. 370

y Bodies of polish'd or transparent tone, Of metal, crystal, iv'ry, wood, ar stone; And all whose rough unequal parts are rear'd, 505 The shaggy fleece, thick fur, or bristly beard a The liquid too; the sadly melting eye,ale n} The well-comb'd locks that wave with glossy mipladye;

Plumage and silks; a floating form that take, Fair Nature's mirrour, the extended lake; ;io With what immers'd thro' its calm medium 213 & shines bolo neemit ni ganz gav By reflex light, or to its surface joins;

These first with thin and even shades portray, Then, on their flatness strike th'enlivening ray, Bright and distinct,-and last, with strict review, Restore to every form its outline true.

Lævia quæ lucent, veluti crystalla, metalla, Ligna, ossa, et lapides; villosa, ut vellera, pelles, Barbæ, aqueique oculi, crines, holoserica, plumæ ; Et liquida, ut stagnans aqua, reflexæque sub undis Corporea species, et aquis contermina cuncta, Subter ad extremum liquidè sint picta, superque Luminibus percussa suis, signisque repostis.

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XLIV. Quædam circa

▾ XLIV. Of certain Things relating to the practical part. Praxim.

By mellowing skill thy ground at distance

cast,

Free as the air, and transient as its blast;
There all thy liquid colours sweetly blend, it.
There all the treasures of thy palette spend, 520
And every form retiring to that ground

Of hue congenial to itself compound.

The hand that colours well, must colour

Hope not that praise to gain by sickly white

• But amply heap in front each splendid dye, 525 Then thin and light withdraw them from the eye,

wdy unbim euf, colade ulgimbim t * Area, vel campus tabulæ vagus esto, levisque Abscedat latus, liquidèque bene unctus amicis Tota ex mole coloribus, unâ sive patellâ

Quæque cadunt retro in campum, confinia campo.

с

Vividus esto color, nimio non pallidus albos Adversisque locis ingestus plurimus, ardens:

Sed levitèr parcèque datus vergentibus oris.

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'Cuncta labore simul coëant, velut umbrâ in eâdem.

XLV. The Field of the

Picture,

b XLVI. Of the Viva

sity of Colours.

* XLVII. Of Shadows.

XLV. Campus Tabulæ. • XLVI. Color vividus, non tamen pallidus.

XLVII. Umbra,

* Mix'd with that simple unity of shade,
As all were from one single palette spread.
h Much will the mirrour teach, or evening gray,
When o'er some ample space her twilight ray 530
Obscurely gleams; hence art shall best perceive
On distant parts what fainter hues to give.
iWhate'er the form which our first glance
commands,

Whether in front or in profile he stands,
Whether he rule the group, or singly reign, 535
Or shine at distance on some ample plain,
On that high-finish'd form let Paint bestow
Her midnight shadow, her meridian glow.

m

* Tota siet tabula ex unâ depicta patellâ. Multa ex naturâ speculum præclara docebit; Quæque procul sero spatiis spectantur in amplis. Dimidia effigies, quæ sola, vel integra plures Ante alias posita ad lucem, stat proxima visu, Et latis spectanda locis, oculisque remota, Luminis umbrarumque gradu sit picta supremo.

XLVIII. The Picture to be of one Piece.

h XLIX. The Looking Glass the Painter's best Master.

L. A half Figure or a whole one before others.

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k XLVIII. Ex una pa tella sit tabula,

1 XLIX. Speculum Pictorum Magister.

mL. Dimidia Figura, vel integra, ante alias.