The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT125947Anonymous. By Robert Dossie. In this second edition in vol. 1 the eighth line of the title reads: "materia pictoria: or the," the second line of imprint reads: "printed for J. Nourse, bookseller in ordinary" and on p. 1] sig. B is under "c" of "tenacityLondon: printed for J. Nourse, 1764. 2v.; 8 " | The handmaid to the arts by Robert Dossie, Paperback | Indigo Chapters