EXCELLENT

EXCELLENT (adj.)

EXCELLENCE · EXCELLENCY

ADMIRABLE · BEAUTIFUL · GOOD · GRACEFUL · GREAT · IMPERFECT · MAJESTIC · NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL · PERFECT · RARE · SINGULAR · STATELY · SUBLIME

ECCELLENTE (ita.) · EXCELLENT (fra.) · VOLKOMEN (nld.) · VOLLKOMMEN (deu.)

TERM USED AS TRANSLATIONS IN QUOTATION

PARFAIT (fra.) · PELLEGRIN (fra.) · PELLEGRINO (ita.)

TERM USED IN EARLY TRANSLATIONS

EXCELLENT (fra.)

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RICHARDSON, Jonathan, Two Discourses. I. An Essay on the whole Art of Criticism as it relates to Painting. Shewing how to judge I. Of the Goodness of a Picture ; II. Of the Hand of the Master ; and III. Whether ‘tis an Original, or a Copy. II. An Argument in behalf of the Science of a Connoisseur ; Wherein is shewn the Dignity, Certainty, Pleasure, and Advantage of it. Both by Mr. Richardson, London, W. Churchill, 1719.

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An Essay on the whole art of criticism […] ; Of the Goodness of a Picture, &c., p. 34

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All the different Degrees of Goodness in Painting may be reduc’d to these three General Classes. The Mediocre, or Indifferently Good, the Excellent, and the Sublime. The first is of a large Extent ; the second much Narrower ; and the Last still more so. I believe most people have a pretty Clear, and Just Idea of the two former ; the other is not so well understood ; which therefore I will define according to the Sense I have of it ;

term translated by EXCELLENT in RICHARDSON, Jonathan, Traité de la Peinture, Par Mr. Richardson, le Père, Tomes I. et II. Contenant, Tome I. Un Essai sur la Théorie de la Peinture ; Tome II. Un Essai sur l'art de critiquer, en fait de Peinture ; & un Discours sur la Sience d'un Connoisseur. Traduit de l'Anglois; Revu & Corrigé par l'Auteur., trad. par RUTGERS, Antoine, Amsterdam, Herman Uytwerf, 1728, 2 vol., vol. I., p. 16-17.

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CONCEPTS ESTHETIQUES → merveilleux et sublime