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PeruginoPeruginon considering the work of one of the greatest of the masters of the Renaissance, we have to go further back than the disputed question as to who was the first teacher of Pietro di Cristofano Vannuccisurnamed by his contemporaries "il Perugino," the Perugianand...
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The Venetian School of PaintingThe Venetian School of PaintingMany visits to Venice have brought home the fact that there exists, in English at least, no work which deals as a whole with the Venetian School and its masters. Biographical catalogues there are in plenty, but these, though useful...
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Why Bewick Succeeded: A Note in the History of Wood EngravingWhy Bewick Succeeded: A Note in the History of Wood EngravingThomas Bewick has been acclaimed as the pioneer of modern wood engraving whose genius brought this popular medium to prominence. This study shows that certain technological developments prepared a path for Bewick and helped...
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Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5)Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5)The work now laid before the public originated in indignation at the shallow and false criticism of the periodicals of the day on the works of the great living artist to whom it principally refers. It was intended to...
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Modern Painters, Volume 2 (of 5)Modern Painters, Volume 2 (of 5)Although the hasty execution and controversial tone of the former portions of this essay have been subjects of frequent regret to the writer, yet the one was in some measure excusable 1. With what care the subject is to...
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Thoughts on Art and LifeThoughts on Art and Life he long obscurity of the Dark Ages lifted over Italy, awakening to a national though a divided consciousness. Already two distinct tendencies were apparent. The practical and rational, on the one hand, was soon to be outwardly reflected in...
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18th Century in English CaricatureThe Eighteenth Century in English CaricatureThe word Caricature does not lend itself easily to precise definition. Etymologically it connects itself with the Italian caricare, to load or charge, thus corresponding precisely in derivation with its French equivalent Charge; andsave a yet earlier reference in...
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M.P.'s in SessionM. P.'s in Session: From Mr. Punch's Parliamentary Portrait GalleryA ready wit and a fluent tongue are valuable auxiliaries. But force of character, consciousness of power, masculine ability in grappling with complicated questions, and that species of eloquence, the effect of which arises rather...
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Six Centuries of PaintingSix Centuries of PaintingSo far as it concerns pictures painted upon panel or canvas in tempera or oils, the history of painting begins with Cimabue, who worked in Florence during the latter half of the thirteenth century. That the art was practised in much...
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The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and RobinsonThe Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson - Being the History of What They Saw, and Did, in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & Italy.This text uses UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you...
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The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1In America apology in journalism is unknown. The exception is the well-known story of the man whose death was published in the obituary column. He rushed into the office of the paper and cried out to the editor:...
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HolbeinHolbeinThe eighty-three years stretching from 1461 to 1543between the probable year of the elder Hans Holbein's birth and that in[Pg 2] which the younger, the great Holbein, diedconstitute one of those periods which rightly deserve the much-abused name of an Epoch. The Christian era...
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Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and LifeLaurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life Die Realitt der Dinge ist der Dinge Werk; der Schein der Dinge ist der Menschen Werk; und ein Gemt, das sich am Scheine weidet, ergtzt sich schon nicht mehr an dem, was es empfngt, sondern an dem,...
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Luca SignorelliLuca SignorelliThe Frontispiece and the illustrations facing pp. 40, 42, and 60 (2) are from photographs by Hanfstaengl (Munich), those facing pp. 46 (No. 2) and 68 by Anderson (Rome), that facing page 108 by A. Braun & Co. (Dornach and Paris), those facing...
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Outdoor SketchingOutdoor Sketching - Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914My chief reason for confining these four talks to the outdoor sketch is because I have been an outdoor painter since I was sixteen years of age; have never...
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Ariadne Florentina: Six Lectures on Wood and Metal EngravingAriadne Florentina: Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving1. The entrance on my duty for to-day begins the fourth year of my official work in Oxford; and I doubt not that some of my audience are asking themselves, very doubtfullyat all events, I ask...
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The Enjoyment of ArtThe Enjoyment of ArtThe following pages are the answer to questions which a young man asked himself when, fresh from the university, he found himself adrift in the great galleries of Europe. As he stood helpless and confused in the presence of the visible...
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The Gate of Appreciation: Studies in the Relation of Art to LifeThe Gate of Appreciation: Studies in the Relation of Art to LifeIN the daily life of the ordinary man, a life crowded with diverse interests and increasingly complex demands, some few moments of a busy week or month or year are accorded to an...
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Children's Books and Their IllustratorsChildren's Books and Their IllustratorsThere are some themes that by their very wealth of suggestion appal the most ready writer. The emotions which they arouse, the mass of pleasant anecdote they recall, the ghosts of far-off delights they summon, are either too obvious to...
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L'art roman dans le Sud-MancheL'art roman dans le Sud-MancheDans ce livre, qui concerne le sud du dpartement de la Manche et la rgion du Mont Saint-Michel, en Normandie, on suit un itinraire en douze tapes, ces tapes tant du nord au sud les glises de Saint-Martin-le-Vieux, Brville, Yquelon,...
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