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fol. 53v 'Of Ideas of Power, as they are dependent upon Execution' (Pt I, Sn II, Ch I) (3.124-25)
[Slip inserted: Odd notes / ----- / Architectural / Details . / ------]
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#92#< purity & precision of perfect truth Titian and {Nicholas} Poussin are the best
instances in
<landscape - among the old masters> - The Vices of execution - and by these
I mean not the weaknesses & {futile} efforts of an artist - but faults voluntarily
indulged in - {<or>} <excellencies ostentatiously displayed> - are ^ {of course}
characteristic of
5 artists in the second stage - who are making no advances towards the
third. these are . first . P. 105 . When truth . >
#93#
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< Secondly . When any one manner or habit of touch is universally adopted
15 - whether illustrative of <the> what it is employed on - or not - This is not
only destructive of truth - but painful * & monotonous to the eye - It gradually
becomes more and more habitual & mechanical <in & la>{the} artist - daily . &c >
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fol. 72r [fols. 54-71 are cut out near spine]
Square tower ….. *
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[note: There are then notes on architectural details, English and Translation of Romans 1-4, with comments; a loose folio (large piece of paper has notes on Greek words and biblical verses listed). Several of the final folios of the notebook itself have been torn out.]
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