A guide to classical learning or, Polymetis abridged. In three parts. I. The Rise, Growth, and Decay of Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture, among the Romans; with the Characters of the Latin Poets and their Works, from Ennius down to Juvenal. II. The Usefulness of Antiques towards explaining the Classics; Remarks on our Commentators and School-Education; with a true Idea of the Allegories and Machinery of the Ancients; the want of which is the cause of the Defects and Mistakes in our modern Authors and Artists. III. A summary of Mr. Spence's Inquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the ancient Artists. Being a work, necessary, not only for classical instruction, but for all those who wish to have a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture and painting. By N. Tindal, translator of Rapin

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Spence, Joseph
Other Authors:	Tindal, Nicolas
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and R. Horsfield, in Ludgate-Street 1764, MDCCLXIV. [1764]
Subjects:	Art, Ancient Mythology, Classical
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0143100200?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa