'Introduction', continued: 832/12.A.f.3

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• Text: there he sees such an accumulation of classical works / in the Sister Arts as cannot fail, to decide his choice, / form his taste, and lay the certain foundation of a / good practice - Italy's claim as an University for / the arts of Design are indisputable, for the number of[deleted] / and consummate character of her Galleries & Collections, / for the Stupendous works of Ml Angelo, Raphael, Titian / and the restorers of painting all of which are painted / on walls and cannot be removed, the Architectural / remains, the relation of these with the classical Litera / =ture of the country and of Greece, the warm climate / favourable to the study of the human figure, and that / general state of tranquillity, and freedom from those / dissipations which infect some Capitals of Europe, / all these advantages are peculiarly enjoyed in Rome, / Florence, Pisa, and throughout the Ponifical[sic] & Tuscan / states and thus possess a union of advantages not possi / =ble to be concentrated in any other Country in the present / state of the world, for compleating[sic] an education of principles / in the arts of Design. / Here we will finish the digression and return to the Royal / Donation in its value[deleted] extent, character and value _ / The groups, statues, bassorelieves[sic], Busts, and fine / fragments were sufficeiently numerous to have furnished / an extensive range of study supposing there had been / no previous collection in the Royal Schools, the Character / and value will be best understood by an enumeration of the / principal articles accompanied with such remarks as / may imprint on the younger Student a strong sense / of the excellence which may be transplanted into his own / mind from such examples by diligence and labor.[sic] / Let us begin with Laocoon which in the time of / Pliny was accounted the most consummate work of Painting / and Sculpture _ it's sentiment is sublime the whole is[preceding three words deleted] and pathetic
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• Text: the forms are noble & expressive, the whole is composed / into a continued & varied series of undulations in / agreement with the movement of those foes which / assault Laocoon & his Sons, and the writing agonies / their venom has caused, laborious treatises have / been written on this Group, but is one thing to fill / a Volume which captivates by the appearance of Enthus / =siasm & shew of learning, and a totally different task to / convey sound instruction _ Mr. Fuseli in his / Lectures has given a description of this group / equally worthy of a great poet & painter. / The Apollo Belvidere, so called from the garden / of the Vatican, but in reality, the deliverer from evil, has been both philosophically & popularly considered / as a form animated by such a sentiment as might / become a supernatural power revealed to mortal sight _ / hints are not wanting in ancient monuments and / authors which lead to believe the archetype of this / Statue by Phidias _ / The Venus of the Capitol an example of more / dignified & less insinuating beauty than the Venus / de Medicis _ this statue is certainly a copy from / one of the three enumerated by Pliny among the / works of Praxiteles*. / The Apollo Saurvetono[?] or Lizard killer, from an / Antique bronze in the Villa Albani likewise copied / from a work of Praxiteles_* / The satyr by the same sculptore[sic]* / In the Hall are five of these statues & one Group / which may be described in succession. / The Colossal statue of Minerva placed opposite / the fire was discovered about 24 years sinsce / a duplicate of the same statue has since been found / in the neighbourhood of Rome. A Bust of the same / * In the council room
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Accession number: 832/12.A.f.3
Primary reference Number: 40854
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints