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Lectures on painting, delivered at the Royal Academy

By Henry Fuseli
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The volume collects a series of art lectures that survey painting's technical principles, historical sources, and critical methods for students. The author traces instruction from ancient manuals to later theorists, weighing fragmentary evidence and assessing writers such as Pliny, Quintilian, and Cicero for reliability while comparing their accounts with practitioners like Leonardo and Dürer. Practical topics include composition, expression, chiaroscuro, glazing, and the rendering of form, set against reflections on style, chronology, and the limits of surviving texts. Interleaved notes adapt the lectures into guidance for study and artistic judgment.

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Henry Fuseli

Henry Fuseli was a Swiss-born painter, draughtsman, and writer who became a prominent figure in the British art scene during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Known for his dramatic and imaginative works, Fuseli's art often explored themes of the supernatural and the sublime. He is particularly recognized for his influential lectures on painting, delivered at the Royal Academy, which contributed to the discourse on art theory and practice of his time. His notable writings, compiled in 'The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli,' provide insight into his artistic philosophy and the cultural context in which he worked.

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