{"id":"000811778","type":"book","title":"A treatise on ancient painting, containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans; the high opinion which the great men of antiquity had of it; its connexion with poetry and philosophy; and the use that may be made of it in education: to which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern masters; and the commendable use they made of the exquisite remains of antiquity in painting as well as sculpture. The whole illustrated and adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting; discovered at different times in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni a Roman, lately done from the originals with great exactness and elegance","publisher":"printed for the author; and sold by A. Millar, at Buchanan's Head, over-against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand","publisher-place":"London","author":[{"family":"Turnbull","given":"George."}],"issued":{"raw":"1740"}}