The Works of Jonathan Richardson. Containing I. the Theory of Painting. ... a New Edition, Corrected, with the Additions of an Essay on the Knowledge of P

Publisher Marketing: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryN025732Half-title: 'Supplement to the Hon. Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of painters and engravers'. The titlepage is a cancel.[London]: Sold by T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall; J. Debrett; R. Faulder, and W. Miller; J. Cuthell; J. Barker; and E. Jeffery, 1792. vi, [3],6-287, [1]p., plates: ports.; 4