La Belle Assemblée,  1 (1806), 91–93.

Genliana

Anon

Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

Stéphanie F D de St Aubin, comtesse de Genlis



[9] Buffon

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Imagination, Feeling, Aesthetics, Illustration


    'Buffon has shown in his natural history that a man may sometimes unite a great extent of learning with a splendid imagination, and an acute sense of feeling with the delightful art of painting' (92). Also praises his literary style and eloquence.




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