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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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Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical ExamplesPrinciples of Home Decoration, With Practical ExamplesProbably no art has so few masters as that of decoration. In England, Morris was for many years the great leader, but among his followers in England no one has attained the dignity of unquestioned authority; and in...
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The Art of Interior DecorationThe Art of Interior DecorationThere is something unusually exquisite about this composition. You will discover at a glance perfect balance, reposeline, everywhere, yet with it infinite grace and a winning charm. One can imagine a tea tray brought in, a table placed and those...
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The Practice and Science of DrawingThe Practice and Science of DrawingThe best things in an artist's work are so much a matter of intuition, that there is much to be said for the point of view that would altogether discourage intellectual inquiry into artistic phenomena on the part of...
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Frank Reynolds, R.IFrank Reynolds, R.I. In presenting under the title of "Brush, Pen, and Pencil" the series of books of which the present volume forms part, the publishers feel that they are meeting a demand which has long existed but has hitherto not been supplied. It...
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The French Impressionists (1860-1900)The French Impressionists (1860-1900) II. THE THEORY OF THE IMPRESSIONISTSTHE DIVISION OF TONES, COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS, THE STUDY OF ATMOSPHERETHE IDEAS OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS ON SUBJECT-PICTURES, ON THE BEAUTY OF CHARACTER, ON MODERNITY, AND ON STYLE IX. NEO-IMPRESSIONISM: GAUGUIN, DENIS, THO VAN RYSSELBERGHETHE THEORY OF...
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Whistler StoriesWhistler StoriesFollowing the example set by Homer when he "smote his bloomin' lyre," as cited by Mr. Kipling, who went "an' took what he'd admire," I have gleaned the vast volume of Whistler literature and helped myself in making this compilation. Some few of...
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In Bohemia with Du Maurier: The First of a Series of ReminiscencesIn Bohemia with Du Maurier: The First of a Series of Reminiscences"You'll see that I've used up all your Mesmerism and a trifle more in my new book," said du Maurier to me, some time before he published his "Trilby"; and that remark started...
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of our Ideas of Beauty, etcAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of our Ideas of Beauty, etc.Since the early nineteenth century it has been known that Frances Reynolds, the sister of Sir Joshua, was the author of an essay on taste, which she had...
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Watts (1817-1904)Watts (1817-1904)A little child lying in the lap of the winged figure of Death. Death, ever to Watts a silent angel of pity, "takes charge of Innocence, placing it beyond the reach of evil." It was first exhibited at the Winter Exhibition of the...
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Since CézanneSince Cézanne Most of these Essays appeared in THE NEW REPUBLIC and THE ATHENAEUM: some, however, are reprinted from THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE, THE NEW STATESMAN, and ART AND DECORATION. I take this opportunity of thanking the editors of all. With anyone who concludes that...
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Promenades of an ImpressionistPromenades of an ImpressionistAfter prolonged study of the art shown at the Paris Autumn Salon you ask yourself: This whirlpool of jostling ambitions, crazy colours, still crazier drawing and compositionwhither does it tend? Is there any strain of tendency, any central current to be...
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Jean François MilletJean François Millet - A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter, with Introduction and InterpretationThe distinctive features of Millet's art are so marked that the most inexperienced observer easily identifies his work. As a painter of rustic subjects, he is...
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In Search of Gravestones Old and CuriousIn Search of Gravestones Old and CuriousI am a Gravestone Rambler, and I beg you to bear me company. This Book is not a Sermon. It is a lure to decoy other Ramblers, and the bait is something to ramble for. It also provides...
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Social Pictorial SatireSocial Pictorial SatireIt is my purpose to speak of the craft to which I have devoted the best years of my life, the craft of portraying, by means of little pen-and-ink strokes, lines, and scratches, a small portion of the world in which we...
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The Later Works of TitianThe Later Works of TitianHaving followed Titian as far as the year 1530, rendered memorable by that sensational, and, of its kind, triumphant achievement, The Martyrdom of St. Peter the Dominican, we must retrace our steps some three years in order to dwell a...
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The Earlier Work of TitianThe Earlier Work of TitianThere is no greater name in Italian arttherefore no greater in artthan that of Titian. If the Venetian master does not soar as high as Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo, those figures so vast, so mysterious, that clouds even now...
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Architecture and DemocracyArchitecture and DemocracyThis book can lay no claim to unity of theme, since its subjects range from skyscrapers to symbols and soul states; but the author claims for it nevertheless a unity of point of view, and one (correct or not) so comprehensive as...
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GiorgioneGiorgioneUnlike most famous artists of the past, Giorgione has not yet found a modern biographer. The whole trend of recent criticism has, in his case, been to destroy not to fulfil. Yet signs are not wanting that the disintegrating process is at an end,...
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Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present TimeIllustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Timen the following pages the Author has placed before the reader an account of the changes in the design of Decorative Furniture and Woodwork, from the earliest period of which we have any reliable...
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