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fol. 30v 'Of Ideas of Truth' (Pt I, Sn I, Ch V) (3.104f?)
facts which we are usually and certainly cognizant of. are those of space &
projection . If these be given with just as much . &c .
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fol. 31r 'Of Ideas of Truth' (Pt I, Sn I, Ch V) (3.107-8)
There never had been such pictures painted - Rubens never executed - Titian
never coloured - any thing like them - I thought this highly probable -
and still sat quiet - The voice continued at my ear - <Mais> {Parbleu - } Monsieur -
Michel Ange na rien produit de plus beau - De plus beau ? repeated
5 I - interrogatively - wishing to know what particular excellencies of <Mich> Agnol
were to be intimated by the expression - Monsieur - on ne peut plus - cest
un tableau admirable - inconcevable - Monsieur - said the Frenchman -
lifting up his hands to heaven as he concentrated in one conclusive
proposition the qualities which were to outshine Titian - and overpower
10 Angelo - Monsieur - il sort .
#62#Had I <inquired of> wished to know if the anatomy of the limbs were [sic] faithfully
marked - if their colour was truly expressive of the quality of air and light under
which they were ^ {supposed to be} seen - if their composition was beautiful - or their
conception great -
I might as well have inquired of one of the Flanders mares in the stable at
15 la Courronne - as of this gentleman . He could only perceive two truths -
flesh colour & projection - These constituted his notion of the perfection of
painting. because they unite all that is necessary for mutation & deception.
He was not therefore cognizant of <many> ideas of truth - though - in common with
birds - monkies - & most of mankind - perfectly cognizant of ideas of imitation .
20 We shall see in the course of our investigation of ideas of truth - That ideas
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