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Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Stile in der bildenden Kunst. Erster Band.: Vom Altertum bis zur GotikDie Entwicklungsgeschichte der Stile in der bildenden Kunst. Erster Band.: Vom Altertum bis zur GotikDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1917 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr verwendete Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem...
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The daily life of the Greeks and Romans as illustrated in the classical collectionsThe daily life of the Greeks and Romans as illustrated in the classical collectionsThis handbook is intended to serve as a guide to those objects in the Classical Collection which illustrate the daily life of the Greeks and Romans. Some of these have been...
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Salt mines and castles: The discovery and restitution of looted European artSalt mines and castles: The discovery and restitution of looted European artFrom May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer in Germany. During the first four months of this assignment, I was engaged in field work which...
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Les villes d'art célèbresCaen et Bayeux Les numros de page indiqus dans la TABLE DES ILLUSTRATIONS sont ceux de louvrage original. Dans le prsent document, pour des raisons de mise en page, les illustrations peuvent apparaitre sur des pages voisines. Que le lecteur ne sattende point trouver...
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Frammenti letterari e filosoficiFrammenti letterari e filosofici La biografia di Leonardo, nelle sue linee essenziali, la storia del nascere, dellaccrescere, dellingigantirsi e dellespandersi di un amore intellettuale verso la natura, intento a riprodurne le forme e a conoscerne le leggi. Questo amore, nato in unumile casa di...
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An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and ArchaeologyAn Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology - Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.This Dictionary was commenced as an...
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The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 4The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 4 - And His Life Depicted in a Gallery of Eighty PaintingsThen led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,...
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The origins of art a psychological and sociological inquiryThe origins of art; a psychological & sociological inquiryThe aim and scope of this book is sufficiently indicated by its title. I have endeavoured throughout to restrict my attention to questions connected with the origins of art. Points of history and criticism have been...
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Coasting BohemiaCoasting BohemiaMany of the papers which give to the present volume its title first appeared in the columns of the Daily Telegraph, and are here reprinted by the courteous permission of the proprietors of that journal. A portion of the essay on Burne-Jones was...
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A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in PennsylvaniaA guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in PennsylvaniaThis Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania, commenced by advice of Mrs. Edward Biddle of Carlisle, and fostered by Mrs. Samuel Semple of Titusville, during their presidency of the State...
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VeniceVeniceVenice herself is poetry, and creates a poet out of the dullest clay. It was a poet who spoke, and his clay was instinct with the breath of genius. But it is true that Venice lends wings to duller clay; it has been her...
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Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 1 of 3)Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 1 of 3)During all this time, for some unknown reason, Stuart never sought the acquaintance of West, but the moment that excellent man heard of the young painter and his circumstances, he...
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The art treasures of Scotland 3Notes on the Art Treasures at Penicuik House MidlothianClaiming descent from the Drummonds of Hawthornden, through Elizabeth Henderson, grand-daughter of the poet and first wife of the first Baronet of Penicuik, they have produced, both in the main line and in its younger branches,...
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Kwan Yin: Een boek van de Goden en de HelKwan Yin: Een boek van de Goden en de HelEigenlijk heb ik het land aan voorredes. Maar ik vind het toch heusch noodig even iets vraan dit boek te zeggen. Toen mijn Wijsheid en Schoonheid uit China was uitgekomen, heb ik daar zoo nu...
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Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila & ZaragozaValladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila & Zaragoza - An Historical & Descriptive AccountThe six cities of Spain which form the subject of the following pages are little known to English travellers. Yet no one who would understand the country can afford to pass them...
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The Spanish seriesSeville: an historical and descriptive account of "the pearl of Andalusia"There is a charm and compelling fascination about Seville which produces in the traveller visiting the city for the first time a sensation of physical ecstasy. The spell of the Pearl of Andalusia is...
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The Spanish seriesToledo: an historical and descriptive account of the "City of generations"The author would, in the ordinary way, be hard put to it to frame a reasonable apology for compiling a new volume on the subject of the ancient and royal city of Toledo. Artists...
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Forgers and ForgeriesForgers and ForgeriesCopyright 1954 by Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated. Copyright in the United States and foreign countries under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan-American Convention. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced without the written permission of Harry...
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Granada and the AlhambraGranada and the Alhambra - A brief description of the ancient city of Granada, with a particular account of the Moorish palaceThe generous appreciation with which my larger book on the Alhambra was received by both the Press and the public in Spain and...
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The children and the picturesThe children and the picturesNATALIE had been left downstairs, there was no doubt about it. She was not in her cradle, she was not in the toy cupboard, she was not on the shelf, she was not on the dresser; she must be downstairs...
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