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The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 3The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 3As soon as he returned victorious from the temptation in the wilderness, Jesus entered on the work of his public ministry. We find him, at once, preaching to the people, healing the sick, and doing...
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Lectures on ArtLectures on ArtUpon the death of Mr. Allston, it was determined, by those who had charge of his papers, to prepare his biography and correspondence, and publish them with his writings in prose and verse; a work which would have occupied two volumes of...
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L'archeologie egyptienneL'archéologie égyptienne Title: L'archologie gyptienne Author: G. Maspero Release Date: January 1, 2004 [EBook #10841] Language: French Credits: Produced by Robert Connal, Renald Levesque and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by gallica (Bibliotheque nationale de France) at...
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A Wanderer in FlorenceA Wanderer in FlorenceA sentence from a "Synthetical Guidebook" which is circulated in the Florentine hotels will express what I want to say, at the threshold of this volume, much better than could unaided words of mine. It runs thus: "The natural kindness, the...
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Earthwork out of Tuscany: Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice HewlettEarthwork out of Tuscany: Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett"For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone; and as wine mingled with water is pleasant and delighteth the taste: even so speech, finely framed, delighteth the ears of them that...
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Val d'ArnoVal d'Arno - Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art Directly Antecedent to the Florentine Year of Victories; Given Before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1873 1. On this day, of this month, the 20th of October, six hundred and twenty-three years ago,...
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The Two PathsThe Two Paths The following addresses, though spoken at different times, are intentionally connected in subject; their aim being to set one or two main principles of art in simple light before the general student, and to indicate their practical bearing on modern design....
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Mornings in FlorenceMornings in Florence If there is one artist, more than another, whose work it is desirable that you should examine in Florence, supposing that you care for old art at all, it is Giotto. You can, indeed, also see work of his at Assisi;...
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Pictures Every Child Should KnowPictures Every Child Should Know - A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young PeopleMan's inclination to decorate his belongings has always been one of the earliest signs of civilisation. Art had its beginning in the lines indented in clay, perhaps, or hollowed...
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The Art of the ExpositionThe Art of the Exposition - Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Mural Decorations, Color Scheme & Other Aesthetic Aspects of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Title: The Art of the Exposition Subtitle: Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Mural Decorations, Color Scheme & Other...
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The Galleries of the ExpositionThe Galleries of the ExpositionThis header should be the first thing seen when anyone starts to view the eBook. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information needed to understand what they...
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A History of Greek ArtA History of Greek Art - With an Introductory Chapter on Art in Egypt and MesopotamiaThe art of any artistically gifted people may be studied with various purposes and in various ways. One man, being himself an artist, may seek inspiration or guidance for...
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Ex Voto: An Account of the Sacro Monte or New Jerusalem at Varallo-SesiaEx Voto: An Account of the Sacro Monte or New Jerusalem at Varallo-Sesia - With Some Notice of Tabachetti's Remaining Work at the Sanctuary of CreaIn the preface to Alps and Sanctuaries I apologised for passing over Varallo-Sesia, the most important of North Italian...
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Greek Studies: a Series of EssaysGreek Studies: a Series of Essays[1] THE present volume consists of a collection of essays by the late Mr. Pater, all of which have already been given to the public in various Magazines; and it is owing to the kindness of the several proprietors...
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Hopes and Fears for ArtHopes and Fears for ArtHereafter I hope in another lecture to have the pleasure of laying before you an historical survey of the lesser, or as they are called the Decorative Arts, and I must confess it would have been pleasanter to me to...
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Signs of ChangeSigns of ChangeThe word Revolution, which we Socialists are so often forced to use, has a terrible sound in most peoples ears, even when we have explained to them that it does not necessarily mean a change accompanied by riot and all kinds of...
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Studies and Essays: Censorship and ArtStudies and Essays: Censorship and ArtSince, time and again, it has been proved, in this country of free institutions, that the great majority of our fellow-countrymen consider the only Censorship that now obtains amongst us, namely the Censorship of Plays, a bulwark for the...
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Seven Discourses on ArtSeven Discourses on ArtIt is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual meetings for the distribution of its...
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Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian PaintersKnights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters What would we do without our picture-books, I wonder? Before we knew how to read, before even we could speak, we had learned to love them. We shouted with pleasure when we turned the pages and...
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French Cave PaintingsFrench Cave PaintingsThese documents have been embedded together in this strictly valid (as of the time it was prepared) XHTML 1.0 document, thanks to which they can be viewed as a single multimedia document using any Web browser capable to render standard, well-formed HTML...
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