SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.

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TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR:

WITH REMARKS ON HIS PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

HIS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE.

BY HENRY WILLIAM BEECHY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

On the removal of the Royal Academy to Somerset-Place.

-The advantages to Society from cultivating intellectua.

pleasure.

DISCOURSE X.

Sculpture: Has but one style.-Its objects, form, and cha-

racter.—Ineffectual attempts of the modern Sculptors to

improve the art.-Ill effects of modern dress in Sculp-

ture.

DISCOURSE XI.

Genius: Consists principally in the comprehensicr of

whole; in taking general ideas only

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DISCOURSE XII.

Particular methods of study of little consequence-Little of

the art can be taught.-Love of method often a love of

idleness.—Pittori improvvisatori apt to be careless and in-

correct; seldom original and striking: This proceeds

from their not studying the works of other masters....

DISCOURSE XIII.

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Art not merely imitation, but under the direction of the

Imagination. In what manner Poetry, Painting, Acting,

Gardening, and Architecture, depart from Nature

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The President takes leave of the Academy.-A Review of

the Discourses.-The study of the Works of Michel An-

gelo recommended..

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The Art of Painting, by C. A. Du Fresnoy, translated into

English Verse by the Rev. William Mason

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Annotations on Du Fresnoy's Poems....

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Du Fresnoy's Sentiments on the principal Painters of the two

last ages

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Parallel between Poetry and Painting

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Epistle to Mr. Jervas, with Fresnoy's Art of Painting, trans-

lated by Mr. Dryden

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Chronological List of Painters, with short characters and an
account of their respective births and deaths

Alphabetical List of Painters, referring to the former.... 457

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DISCOURSE IX.

Delivered at the Opening of the Royal Academy, in Some set Place October 16. 178).

ON THE REMOVAL OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY TO SOMERSET PLACE. -THE ADVANTAGES TO SOCIETY FROM CULTIVATING INTELLECTUAL PLEASURE.

GENTLEMEN,

THE honour which the Arts acquire by being permitted to take possession of this noble habitation, is one of the most considerable of the many instances we have received of His Majesty's protection; and the strongest proof of his desire to make the Academy respectable.

Nothing has been left undone, that might contribute to excite our pursuit, or to reward our attainments. We have already the happiness of seeing the Arts in a state to which they never before arrived in this nation. This Building, in which we are now assembled, will remain to many future ages an illustrious specimen of the Architect's* abilities. It is our duty to endeavour that those who gaze with wonder at the structure, may not be disappointed when they visit the apartments. It will be no small addition to the glory which this nation has already acquired from having given birth to eminent men in every part of science, if it should be enabled to produce, in consequence of this institution, a School of English Artists.