Identifier: dictionariumpoly00barr (find matches)
Title: Dictionarium polygraphicum, or, The whole body of arts regularly digested ... : illustrated with fifty-six copper plates
Year: 1758 (1750s)
Authors: Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750 Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752 Hitch, Charles, d. 1764 Hawes, Lacy
Subjects: Arts Industrial arts
Publisher: London : Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster-Row : J. Hinton, in Newgate-Street : and L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Gray's Inn
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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, with notes,by Ulderic Finder, printed at Norimberg, in the year 1507. Heengraved in the manner of Albert Durer. Andrea SCPIlAVONE, born in the year 1522, imitated Par-megiano, Georgione, and Titian, lived at Venice, excelled inhiftory ; died in the year 1682, at fixty years of age. John SCHORELS ufed this mark under the twelvedifferent labours of Hercules.SCORN ; the motions of Scorn are lively and flrong, and arereprefented by a wrinkled forehead ; the eye-brow knit or frown-ing, the fide of it next the nofe is drawn or finks down, andthe other fide is very much raifed ; the eye is very open, and theeye-ball in the middle ; the noflrils are drawn upwards towardsthe eyes, and make wrinkles in the cheeks ; the mouth (huts itsfides finking down, and the under lip is pufhed out beyond theupper one. See plate XVI. l\\ Scorn and averfion, the body may be dr:r.vn retiring back-wards ; the hands, as if they were puihing olV the objc£l which3 caufes Jcr/vi ii/7(/ JtiT//rd^^^-^^f^^ ^Vi/J244
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0 S C U 245 caufes the averfion, or they may be drawn back, as alfo the feetand legs. SCOURGE of God, is reprcfented, in painting, &:c. by aman in a red garment, holding a fcourge in one hand, and athunderbolt in the other ; the air being troubled, the earth fullof locufls.—His garment denotes wrath and vengeance ; the lo-cufts, univerfal chaftifement, as in Egypt; the thunderbolt, fig-nifies the fall of fome who afcend to honour by indirect: and un-juft ways ; for it is crooked. SCRATCH-WORK, a method of painting in frcfco, by pre-paring a black pround, on which is laid a white plaifl:cr, whichbeing taken off with an iron bodkin, the black appears throughthe holes, and ferves for fhadows. This kind of work is lafting ; but, being very rough, is un-pleafant to the fight. SCRUPULOUSNESS, is reprefented, in painting, &c. bya lean old man very timorous and fliame-faced, looks up to hea-ven, holds a fieve in both hands near a fiery furnace.—Lean,becaufe continually tormented w

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