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The Arts and Crafts of Ancient EgyptThe Arts and Crafts of Ancient EgyptThis present handbook is intended to aid in the understanding of Egyptian art, and the illustrations and descriptions are selected for that purpose only. The history of the art would require a far greater range of examples, in...
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15 DiscoursesFifteen DiscoursesGentlemen, That you have ordered the publication of this discourse is not only very flattering to me, as it implies your approbation of the method of study which I have recommended; but, likewise, as this method receives from that act such an additional...
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L'art ochlocratique: salons de 1882 & de 1883L'art ochlocratique: salons de 1882 & de 1883Le pape, le condottiere, l'artiste et la princesse. Ils croyaient l'glise et la Gloire; ils se sentaient immortels et voulaient ne pas mourir, mme pour ce monde prissable; et tous quatre s'mulant et collaborant une noble conqute...
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Suomalaisen taiteen historia pääpiirteissäänSuomalaisen taiteen historia pääpiirteissäänKoska tm ensiminen yritys yhdess jaksossa esitt suomalaisen taiteen historia on kirjoitettu liitteeksi W. Lbken Taiteen Historian suomennokseen, on aineen jrjestely toimitettu pteoksen mukaisesti, mutta mrtessn, mitk taiteelliset ilmit ja taiteen harjoittajat otat mainittavat, mitk ei, tekij luonnollisesti ei ole voinut...
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Le musée du Louvre, tome 1 (of 2)Le musée du Louvre, tome 1 (of 2)NOTRE tonnement est toujours aussi grand, en parcourant notre admirable muse du Louvre, de le voir si peu frquent. Trop souvent le bruit des pas y rsonne comme en un temple sans fidles. Dans ce merveilleux sanctuaire...
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Manual of Oriental AntiquitiesManual of Oriental AntiquitiesTHE domain which we are about to traverse in this little work embraces all the civilisations of the ancient East except that of Egypt. It includes the Chaldans, the Assyrians, the Persians before Alexander, the Hittites of Syria, Cappadocia, and Asia...
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L'ArteL'ArteCHI ha letto la storia di Bouvard e Pcuchet, i due compassionevoli enciclopedici eroi balzati fuori dalla mente creatrice di Gustavo Flaubert, rammenter che, dopo avere studiato tanti rami dello scibile, la storia, la chimica, lanatomia, larcheologia, la politica, lagricoltura, ligiene; delusi continuamente dalle...
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Korean Buddhism: History—Condition—ArtKorean Buddhism: History—Condition—ArtThe author does not over-estimate the importance of this little book: it is nothing more than its title claims. It consists of three lectures given to popular audiences, with the accompaniment of many illustrations. It represents, however, a considerable amount of work...
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The Mysteryes of Nature and ArtThe Mysteryes of Nature and Art - Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly...
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Sir Joshua Reynolds' DiscoursesSir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses - Edited, with an Introduction, by Helen ZimmernSir Joshua Reynoldsto whom is the name unfamiliar? to whom, hearing it, does not appear in mental vision the equally familiar autograph portrait of the deaf artist? This picture, painted originally for Mr....
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Handbuch der KunstgeschichteHandbuch der KunstgeschichteUm jeden Schein einer eiteln Patronatsmiene von mir abzuwenden, erzhle ich schlicht, wie es kommt, dass ich dieses Werk mit einem Vorworte begleite. Ich hatte vor Jahren zugesagt, die Geschichte der bildenden Knste fr die Neue Encyklopdie der Wissenschaften und Knste zu...
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La maison d'un artiste, Tome 2La maison d'un artiste, Tome 2Puis, prenant au hasard dans la range de livres, il nous tombe sous la main la Pucelle d'Orlans, avec les figures de Gravelot; les insipides Hrodes de Blin de Sainmore la pompeuse illustration; les trois volumes des A-propos de...
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Mediæval town seriesThe Story of Siena and San GimignanoTHIS present volume is intended to provide a popular history of the great Republic of Siena, in such a form that it can also serve as a guide-book to that most fascinating of Tuscan cities and its neighbourhood....
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The Legendary History of the CrossThe Legendary History of the Cross - A Series of Sixty-four Woodcuts from a Dutch Book Published by Veldener, A.D. 1483THE origin of the medival romance of the Cross is hard to discover. It was very popular. It occurs in a good number of...
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The Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine ArtsThe Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine Arts - Translated from the German with Notes and Prefatory EssayHegel's "sthetik," or "Philosophy of Fine Art," is a work which should no longer be inaccessible to the English reading public, but the reproduction of which, in...
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La maison d'un artiste, Tome 1La maison d'un artiste, Tome 1En ce temps o les choses, dont le pote latin a signal la mlancolique vie latente, sont associes si largement par la description littraire moderne l'Histoire de l'Humanit, pourquoi n'crirait-on pas les mmoires des choses au milieu desquelles s'est...
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Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of DesignsEvolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of DesignsNotwithstanding the immense number of books, dissertations, and papers which have been written on pictorial and decorative art, I venture to add one more to their number. I profess to be neither an artist nor...
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Parallel Paths: A Study in Biology, Ethics, and ArtParallel Paths: A Study in Biology, Ethics, and ArtIN a recent work by an eminent man of science, Dr. J. Reinke, Professor of Botany at the University of Kiel, there occurs a passage which I cannot do better than place in the forefront of...
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The International Magazine, Volume 4, No. 5, December 1851The International Magazine, Volume 4, No. 5, December 1851Among the many extraordinary chapters in the history of the Nineteenth Century none will seem in the next age more incredible and curious than that in which is related the Rise and Progress of Mormonism. The...
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Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical SocietyCatalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical SocietyThis catalogue describes the paintings in the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, with two hundred and eighty-six miniatures, comprising the Mari Collection and seventy-six objects of Sculpture. The New...
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