Excerpt from The Works of James Barry, Esq. Historical Painter, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing, His Correspondence From France and Italy With Mr. Burke; His Lectures on Painting Delivered at the Royal-Academy; Observations on Different Works of Art in Italy and France It may be the privilege of genius to glve Importance to the most trivial subjects; but it is virtue, and virtue only, which gives importance to genius; and when this happy combination shines on so fertile and alluring a region as the arts of design, the subject be comes the most safe, interesting, and useful, and a source of intellectual enjoyment refining and exalting the taste of individuals above the gross pursuits of luxury in an opulent age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.