Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is … - Joshua Reynolds

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The cold stars spun to the ancient rhythm, the august march of an everlasting symphony. They are old, the stars, and their memory is long.

Joshua Reynolds

Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little more than chiaroscuro. . . and the other, by making the colors very distinct and forcible. . . but still, the presiding principle of both those manners is simplicity.

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