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Frederic Lord Leighton: An Illustrated Record of His Life and WorkFrederic Lord Leighton: An Illustrated Record of His Life and WorkThe reception given to previous editions of this work encourages the publishers to hope that a re-issue in a smaller form may be appreciated. The present volume is reprinted with a few alterations and...
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Crayon PortraitureCrayon Portraiture - Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide EnlargementsIn issuing this second treatise on Crayon Portraiture, Liquid Water Colors and French Crystals, for the use of photographers and amateur artists, I do so with...
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Intarsia and MarquetryIntarsia and MarquetryThe subject treated of in this handbook has, until lately, received scant attention in England; and except for short notices of a general nature contained in such books as Waring's "Arts Connected with Architecture," technical descriptions, such as those in Holtzapffel's "Turning...
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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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Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & ModernRugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern - A Handbook for Ready ReferenceWhile there is a singular lack of books in the English language treating directly of Rugs,a theme which is so intensely interesting to buyers,it is noteworthy that under the category of Oriental...
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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 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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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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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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Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and TechnologyPresentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology - Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] Figure 1.Miniature ship presented to Adm. Robert E. Peary by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Loan of Robert E. Peary. In...
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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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Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 06 (of 10)Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 06 (of 10) - Fra Giocondo to Niccolo SoggiIf writers of history were to live a few years longer than the number commonly granted as the span of human life, I, for my part,...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10)Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10) - Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo LottoSeeing that it is no less necessary for sculptors to have mastery over their carving-tools than it is for him who practises painting to be...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 04 (of 10)Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 04 (of 10) - Filippino Lippi to Domenico PuligoTruly great was the advancement conferred on the arts of architecture, painting, and sculpture by those excellent masters of whom we have written hitherto, in the...
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