Part 45 (1/2)

_Exploit_, action, achievement, deed of valor

Have we any notice of this art a the Hebrews?

There is no allusionthis people, and no proof that it was cultivated alect of this art arose fro perress did the generality of the Eastern nationsthe Phenicians, Persians, and other Eastern nations, advanced but slowly The Chinese appear, until a very recent period, to have contented theht enable them to decorate their beautiful porcelain and other wares; their taste is very peculiar, and though the pencilling of their birds and flowers is delicate, yet their figures of men and animals are distorted, and out of proportion; and of perspective they seee has taken place in Chinese art, and proofs have been given of an atteures approach more nearly to beauty of style than Chinese productions of a siure

_Perspective_, the science by which things are represented in a picture according to their appearance to the eye

Who are the japanese?

The inhabitants of japan, an ee islands They are so similar in feature, and in many of their custoarded by soe is so very peculiar, that it is rarely understood by the people of other nations Their religion is idolatrous; their government a monarchy, controlled by the priesthood The people are very ingenious, and the arts and sciences are held in great esteem by the eovern or e practised with great success?

By the Greeks and Ro whom Apelles was one of the most celebrated; he was a native of Cos, an island in the Archipelago, rather north of Rhodes; he flourished in the tilory and the decay of ancient art: the leading features of his style were beauty and grace But painting was not at any period so completely national in Greece, as sculpture, its sister art; the names of one hundred and sixty-nine eminent sculptors are recorded, while only fifteen painters are mentioned Zeuxis, of Heraclea, was another famous Greek painter, who flourished 400 years before Christ The Romans were not without considerable masters in this art, in the latter times of the republic, and under the first emperors

What nation is supposed to have known and practised this art even before the foundation of Rome?

The Etruscans, inhabitants of Etruria, whose acquaintance with the arts has excited great astonish those who have ress by means of the beautiful specimens of their works still extant Their early works were not superior to those of other nations; but either froenius of the people, they had attained considerable e, sculpture, &c, before Rome was founded Pliny speaks of some beautiful pictures at Ardea and Lanuvium, which were older than Rome: and another author also says that before Ro them

Where was Etruria situated?

In Italy, on the west of the Tiber, which separated it from the territory of ancient Rome, to which it was afterwards annexed by conquest Etruria was the ancient name of Tuscany

_Annexed_, united

Was not the art greatly obscured for some centuries?

The irruption of Barbarians into Italy and Southern Europe, proved fatal to painting, and almost reduced it to its pri period that it was fully restored The first certain signs of its revival took place about the year 1066, when Greek artists were sent for to adorn several of the cities of Italy Ciht the inspiration of the Greek artists, and soon equalled their works He was both a painter and an architect

_Irruption_, inroad, invasion

To what did this revolution in its history give rise?

It caused it to be distinguished into ancient andcomprehends the Greek and Roman: the modern has formed several schools, each of which has its peculiar character and reatly surpassed by their scholars, who carried it to the greatest state of perfection, and advanced it not only by their own noble works, but also by those of their pupils

Who were the principal masters of the Italian school?