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if this were all that is required, words alone would be sufficient, even in the dark, but pntg, under the full light of day must possess the forms, the colors, the finish of nature of which the eye in the sole judge. The cultivated eye, if you please, that can appreciate the touches that mark the expression of thought. These are things that may be spoken of in plain, intelligible language that cannot be understood when encumbered in the drapery of mysterious verbiage which
[[left margin]] critiques writers again [[/left margin]]
is too often the affected + pedantic style of modern writers on the arts.

[[left margin]] Br[[?]] to Art. [[?]] Italy [[/left margin]]
Travelers and those who write of the arts in Italy speak of the diff. schools the Roman, deriving its grandeur from M. Angelo the Venetian, from the splendor + richness of Veroneses Italian, the Bolognian from the combined excellence + grace of the family Cerrachi + their pupils Tetian Guide + Domenichind[[best guess]], besides other varieties of styles. These are objects of constant compare + strenuous emulation + the spirit which produced them spread thru the country as a universal soul.

The arts flourished in Italy because they were encouraged to an extraordinary

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Transcription Notes:
"pntg" should be an abbreviation of "painting"