Massaccio; excellencies and anecdotes of, ii. 93. Mechanical excellence, in what respects of importance Mechlin, pictures at; ii. 270. Metastasio, anecdote of, ii. 84. Method, not always friendly to Study, ii. 76. Michael Angelo, his grand style in painting; i. 126. comparison between him and Raffaelle, i. 127. Their respect for each other, ii. 216. cause of his superior excellence, i. 196; 231 iii. 88; 173. effects on various Schools of Painting, study of his works recommended; and rules for pursuing this study, ii. 208. Fresnoy's character of him, iii. 201. Minutiæ, See Finishing. Mirror, its use to painters, iii. 72. Models, living; rules as to drawing from, i. 17: ii. 102: iii. 131. rules as to adjusting, i. 102. Moser, Geo. Michael, Sir Joshua Reynolds's Eulogy on, Mudge, Rev. Zach. his character, i. xxxiv, xxxv. & n. N NATURE, forms of; not to be too closely and servilely VOL. III. A A Nature, in what respects certain Arts excell by devi- ...... imperfections of; how to be remedied bythe Painter, ...... habits of; to be distinguished from those of fashion; never to be lost sight of, ii. 103. See Rules. -iii. 41; 47; 49; 179. Night, See Colouring. O OPERA, Italian; defended, ii. 121. Orange, Prince of; his Picture Gallery at the Hague, ii. 343; 350. Orford, Lord, his encomium on Sir J. Reynolds, i. 1, li, &n. requisite in Painting, in a moderate degree, i. 263: iii. 52; 135; 258. ...... Gothick; to be avoided, iii. 54. Ornamental Style, See Style. Otho Venius, Rubens's Master, anecdotes of, ii. 250. PAINTERS, must be the most useful writers on their own Art, ii. 186. Painters, ancient; their diligence in the Art, i. 15. . their advantages from the simplicity of manners in their time, i. 68. 409. iii. 140~144. their peculiar excellencies, ii. 402 $ their probable excellencies and defects, ........ Chronological List of. Painting, low state of that Art, in England, in 1750, Painting, Art of; should be employed to reach the mind, i. 70-and hence derives its value, i. 80: ii. 6t i. 72, &c. its various departments, and their merits, is intrinsically imitative, i. 148.-See .... false opinions relating to, ii. 117. causes of its decline, ii. 213. Invention; the first part of Painting, iii. 35.-Design, the second, iii. 38.—Colouring, Parmegiano, his first work and his last compared, ii, 194- Passions, rules as to expressing, iii. 53; 137; 139. Pasticcio, what; and its uses, ii. 100. Paul Veronese, See Pellegrino Tibaldi, founder of the Bolognese School; his merits, ii. 199. Perrault, the Architect, defended, ii. 142. Perspective; how to be regulated in painting, iii. 40; 119, Peters, Mr. of Antwerp, his Cabinet of Paintings, ii. 304. Philosophy, assistant to Taste, i. 241. Philostratus, his rules for painting, iii. 231. Picture-cleaners, instances of their spoiling pictures, ii. Pieta, what painting so called, ii. 288, &c. ...... how its excellence consists in a deviation from comparison between that and Painting, at length, Politeness, general principle of the signs of, i. 226. Pope's Homer, a remark of Dr. Johnson on, ii. 201. .. resemblance, the chief excellence in, iii. 73- .. historical observations on, i. 339. See ii. 354; 388. See Historical Painting. Pott, Henry, pictures by, ii. 347. anecdotes of, 347, & n. Poussin, N. his opinion as to colouring, i. 101-his defect in, i. 273: his correct style of painting, i. 136-change of his style, i. 137. his love of the antique, i. 136. his favourite subjects: and manner of treating ... defects in certain pictures of his, arising from Practice, how to precede, or be combined with Theory, iii. 33; 100. Prejudice, how to be indulged or counteracted, i. 235: iii. 168. Pride, an enemy to good Painting, iii. 79. Principal light and figure, rule as to disposing, i. 268, &c. ...... the colouring of, iii. 72; 161. Principal circumstance in a picture, to extend not only to Properties of objects; what they are as relates to Painting, ii. 47. Proportions of the human figure relative to Painting and Prudence, rules of, relative to a Painter, iii. 75; 80; 101. Q QUELLINUS, Erasmus, a painting by, ii. 304. Quintin Matsis, his famous painting in the Chapel of the |