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RaphaelRaphael - A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and InterpretationNo one of the old Italian masters has taken such a firm hold upon the popular imagination as Raphael. Other artists wax and wane in public favor as...
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CorreggioCorreggio - A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and InterpretationThe art of Correggio was very justly summed up by his first biographer, Vasari. After pointing out that in the matter of drawing and composition the artist would...
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Sir Joshua ReynoldsSir Joshua Reynolds - A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and InterpretationThe name of Sir Joshua Reynolds holds a place of honor among the world's great portrait painters. To appreciate fully his originative power one must understand...
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A Text-Book of the History of PaintingA Text-Book of the History of PaintingThe origin of painting is unknown. The first important records of this art are met with in Egypt; but before the Egyptian civilization the men of the early ages probably used color in ornamentation and decoration, and they...
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Die Italienische PlastikDie Italienische PlastikDas Auftreten und der schlieliche Sieg des Christentums, welches die alte Welt zertrmmerte und eine neue Kultur an seine Stelle setzte, hat zur Belebung der Kunst zunchst nicht beigetragen. Die knstlerische Schpfungskraft war im westrmischen Reiche zur Zeit Konstantins schon vllig erloschen;...
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The Mind of the ArtistThe Mind of the Artist - Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their ArtIt is always interesting and profitable to get the views of workmen on their work, and on the principles which guide them in it; and in bringing together these...
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Arnold BöcklinArnold BöcklinArnold Bcklin gehrt zu jenen Malern, die in den zwanziger und dreiiger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts geboren, in den fnfziger und sechziger Jahren mit den Traditionen der Corneliusschule gebrochen und in Deutschland eine neue Kunst heraufgefhrt haben, eine Bltezeit der Malerei, wie sie...
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Giotto and his works in PaduaGiotto and his works in Padua - An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena ChapelTranscriber's Note: This e-text contains a phrase in Greek. In the original text, some of the Greek characters...
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The Song of SixpenceThe Song of Sixpence - Picture BookWhether the Poet undertook to write and SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE for that popular price is not stated in his simple rhyme, but, at all events, we learn that he started with "a pocket full," and proceeded...
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Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters"Call me by my pet name," wrote Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in one of those incomparable sonnets of which the Portuguese never heard. And the task...
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Donatello, by Lord BalcarresDonatello, by Lord BalcarresAn attempt is made in the following pages to determine the position and character of Donatello's art in relation to that of his contemporaries and successors. The subject must be familiar to many who have visited Florence, but no critical work...
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Pen Drawing: An Illustrated TreatisePen Drawing: An Illustrated Treatise To Mr. David A. Gregg and to Mr. Bertram G. Goodhue, who have generously made special drawings for this little book, and to the Publishers who have courteously allowed me to make use of illustrations owned by them, my...
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Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous WritersGreat Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous WritersThe cordial reception of "Turrets, Towers, and Temples" has encouraged me to hope that a welcome may be given to a book treating the masterpieces of painting in a similar manner. Great writers and literary tourists...
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RembrandtRembrandtAlthough I am familiar with Rembrandt's work, through photographs and black and white reproductions, I invariably experience a shock from the colour standpoint whenever I come in touch with one of his pictures. I was especially struck with that masterpiece of his at the...
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MichelangeloMichelangelo - A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Master, with Introduction and InterpretationMichelangelo's place in the world of art is altogether unique. His supremacy is acknowledged by all, but is understood by a few only. In the presence of his...
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De kasteelen van Koning Lodewijk II van BeierenDe kasteelen van Koning Lodewijk II van Beieren - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1887Eenige weken na den tragischen dood van den ongelukkigen Koning Lodewijk II van Beieren, over wiens leven nog altijd een geheimzinnige sluier hangt, die wellicht nooit geheel zal worden opgeheven,...
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Le Salon des Refusés: Le Peinture en 1863Le Salon des Refusés: Le Peinture en 1863Bonnes intentions des peintres.Mauvais tableaux.Le Jury devenu mchant.Imitation des cris des peintres.On leur applique la question du Jury.L'Empereur la rsout.Grand embarras des Refuss.Ils se reoivent.Les lutteurs, bataillon de la Moselle en sabots.Brivet-le-Gaillard.Quels types!Les poltrons de la peinture.Le...
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Michelangelo Gedichte und BriefeMichelangelo Gedichte und Briefe - In Auswahl herausgegeben von R. A. Guardinihtte er auch von seinem Dichten er mehr als irgend einer sagen knnen. Mit wenig Ausnahmen erzhlen seine Verse, auch wenn er von anderen spricht, nur von seinem Empfinden, seinem Kmpfen, von den...
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Two Hundred Sketches Humorous and GrotesqueTwo Hundred Sketches Humorous and Grotesque GROTESQUE SKETCHES PICTURES OF LIFE IN THE COUNTRY LIFE IN THE PROVINCES LIFE IN A LITTLE PROVINCIAL TOWN DAY SCHOOLS AND BOARDERS NEW YEAR'S DAY AT THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS PEOPLE WHO "GIVE THEMSELVES AIRS IN SOCIETY" THE...
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George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the VictoriansGeorge Du Maurier, the Satirist of the VictoriansDu Maurier worked for periodicals which buried in a back number each phase of his work as it came to an end. Thus it is that he is, unfortunately, chiefly now remembered by the lastthe most accessible,...
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