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Excerpt from The Art of Painting in Oil and in Fresco: Being a History of the Various Processes and Materials Employed The precepts which the author has collected, extended, and developed, with the judicious advice he has offered, are not so much intended to teach this art, as to lay before the artist, the proper mate rials for painting, and how to make pictures durable. A principal object has been to collect and carefully describe the numerous processes used in oil paint ing, from its earliest appearance to our own time. The result of this investigation shows that the older masters of the Venetian and Flemish schools, did not paint as modems do, with pure Oils, but that they tempered their colours with varnishes; to which must be attributed the state of preservation in which we find their pictures. M. Merimee describes the modes Of preparing the different varnishes that are proper to mix with the colours, and also those which are to be used over the picture when finished. He also communi cates the most exact ideas upon the colouring sub stances, their preparation, solidity or durableness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.