Seven Discourses on Art

Seven Discourses on Art, by Joshua Reynolds
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Title: Seven Discourses on Art
Author: Joshua Reynolds Release Date: May 8, 2005 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) [eBook #2176]
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SEVEN DISCOURSES ON ART by Joshua Reyonds
INTRODUCTION
It is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual meetings for the distribution of its prizes. They laid down principles of art from the point of view of a man of genius who had made his power felt, and with the clear good sense which is
the foundation of all work that looks upward and may hope to live. The truths here expressed concerning Art may, with slight adjustment of the way of thought, be applied to Literature or to any exercise of the best powers of mind for ...