THE LIFE
AND
WRITINGS
OF
KEEPER, AND PROFESSOR OF PAINTING TO THE
ROYAL ACADEMY IN LONDON; MEMBER OF THE FIRST CLASS
OF THE ACADEMY OF ST. LUKE AT ROME.
THE FORMER WRITTEN, AND THE LATTER EDITED BY
JOHN KNOWLES, F.R.S.
"Animo vidit, ingenio complexus est, eloquentiâ illuminavit."
Velleius Paterculus in Ciceronem.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,
NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
MDCCCXXXI.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
LECTURES.
| XI. | On the prevailing Method of treatingthe History of Painting, with Observations on the Picture of Lionardo daVinci of "The Last Supper" | Page 1 |
| XII. | On the Present State of the Art, and theCauses which check its Progress | 39 |
APHORISMS,
| Chiefly relative to the Fine Arts | 61 |
A HISTORY OF ART
IN THE SCHOOLS OF ITALY.
| The Tuscan School | 153 |
| The School of Florence | 193 |
| The School of Siena | 231 |
| The Roman School | 242 |
| The School of Naples | 279 |
| The School of Venice | 334 |
| The School of Mantoua | 361 |
| The School of Bologna | 399 |
ELEVENTH LECTURE.
ON THE PREVAILING METHOD OF TREATING
THE HISTORY OF PAINTING,
WITH OBSERVATIONS ON
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