THE

COMPLETE WORKS

OF

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.

WITH AN

ORIGINAL MEMOIR, AND ANECDOTES

OF

THE AUTHOR.

Quieté et purè atque eleganter actæ
Ætatis placida ac lenis recordatio.-CICERO.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THOMAS M'LEAN, 26, HAYMARKET.

1824.

HOWLETT AND BRIMMER, PRINTERS,

FRITH STREET, SOHO.

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

MEMOIR OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS

DISCOURSE I.

Page v.

The advantages proceeding from the Institution of a

Royal Academy.-Hints offered to the considera-

tion of the Professors and Visitors.-That an

implicit obedience to the Rules of Art be exacted

from the young Students.-That a premature

disposition to a masterly dexterity be repressed.-

That diligence be constantly recommended, and

(that it may be effectual) directed to its proper

object

DISCOURSE.II.

The Course and Order of Study.-The different

Stages of Art.-Much copying discountenanced.

-The Artist at all times, and in all places, should

be employed in laying up materials for the exercise

of his Art

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DISCOURSE III.

The great leading principles of the Grand Style.-

Of Beauty-The genuine habits of Nature to be

distinguished from those of Fashion .

DISCOURSE IV.

General ideas the presiding principle which regulates

every part of Art, Invention, Expression, Colouring

and Drapery.-Two distinct styles in History-

Painting, the Grand and the Ornamental.-The

schools in which each is to be found.-The Com-

posite Style.-The style formed on local customs

and habits, or a partial view of Nature

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