[Rarebooks] FS: 1849 Philosophy of Painting by Henry Twining

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “On the Philosophy of Painting: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise”

By Henry Twining.
Published in London by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans in 1849.

DISCUSSION: “Comprising aesthetics in reference to art, the application of
the rules to painting, and general considerations on perspective”. The
author, a well-read prospective artist thwarted in his chosen vocation by
bad eyesight, turned to the literature of painting as a worthy occupation.
This study is divided into three parts, covering aesthetics, technique,
and perspective. In his Preface Twining makes clear how important he
regards artistic training and good theory to be for the fledgling painter,
and also notes the importance of learning to follow good principles,
before being loosed upon an unsuspecting artistic community-

“Owing to the remote and indirect nature of the influence which is
exercised by theory, it is impossible to say what may be its extent, or,
what art might have been if sound principles of taste had not, from time
to time, been proclaimed by such men as Winckelmann, Raphael Mengs, and
Reynolds. Far enough from the true path, has the spirit of innovation,
vanity, and mannerism, already led the art of painting, in the very
countries in which it shone with purest lustre. Still more wild and
eccentric might have been its course, had not a firm and experienced hand
now and the assisted in leading the way, and pointing out a great and
useful end”.

This volume was intended as a companion to Twining’s “On the elements of
picturesque scenery, considered with reference to landscape painting”
(1846). In 1850 he would also publish “Inquiry into the nature and
application of perspective and foreshortening”.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 7.5”x10.5”, xxviii + 443 pages, 23 line figures
and 11 lithographed plates with tissue guards. Errata slip.

CONDITION NOTES: Publisher’s embossed brown cloth, rebacked. Some cover
soil and wear. Presentation inscription on the endpaper. Some foxing to
the plates.

PRICE: $150. -

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