AARDIGHEID (n. f.)

AGREEABLENESS (eng.) · ARTIGKEIT (deu.)
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{Kleyne dingen konnen somtijts sonder omtreck gemaeckt worden, en nochtans omgetrocken schijnen.} Men kan oock veel dingen, insonderheyt in ’t kleyne ofte kleyne deelen, sonder trecken tegen den dagh aenwijsen, die evenwel soo volkomen sullen schijnen als ofse omghetrocken ware; daer van alle voorvallen niet wel en konnen geseyt worden; Wy sullen slechts een Exempel [ndr: reference to illustration] voor allen stellen, de reste moet de Geest van een Geestigh Teyckenaer na gelegentheydt te passen, volgens ’t gene sijn Voorwerp sal konnen lijden; door welcke op-merckingh men veel aerdigheyts en lossigheyts in sijne Teyckeningh sal konnen brengen, die het verstandt vanden Teyckenaer, aenden Kundigen beschouwer genoegsaem sal te kennen geven.

[suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] {Small things can sometimes be made without contour, and still appear contoured.} One can also point out many things, especially in small and in small parts, without lines against the light parts, which will still appear as perfect as if they were contoured; of which we cannot name all examples; We will just give one example for all of them [ndr: reference to illustration], the Mind of a Spirited Draughtsman should form the rest after the circumstances, according to that which his Subject can take; by which observation one can bring a lot of pleasantry and looseness in his Drawing, which will nicely show the mind of the Draughtsman to the competent spectator.

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CONCEPTS ESTHETIQUES → génie, esprit, imagination
CONCEPTS ESTHETIQUES → beauté, grâce et perfection