EASINESS (n.)

FACILITÀ (ita.) · FACILITÉ (fra.) · GEMAK (nld.) · LEICHTIGKEIT (deu.)

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Traveller.
            There wanted a Spirit and Life, which their Successors gave to their Works [ndr : les successeurs désignent les artistes de la génération suivant celle de Mantegna, A. da Messina, etc.] ; and particularly, an Easiness ; which hides the pains and labour that the Artist has been at ; it being with Painting as with Poetry ; where, the greatest Art, is to conceal Art ; that is, that the Spectator may think that easie, which cost the Painter infinite Toyl and Labour :

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PEINTURE, TABLEAU, IMAGE → définition de la peinture
L’ARTISTE → qualités