“Painting is that pleasant amusement being one of the means whereby we convey ideas to each other.”
Essay on the Theory of Painting (1725)
Jonathan Richardson l'Ancien est un peintre, un collectionneur d'art et un théoricien de l'art anglais de la fin du XVIIe et du début du XVIIIe siècle. Wikipedia
“Painting is that pleasant amusement being one of the means whereby we convey ideas to each other.”
Essay on the Theory of Painting (1725)
“Words paint to the imagination but every man forms the thing to himself in his own way.”
Essay on the Theory of Painting (1725)