Old Portraits And Modern Sketches Classic Reprint
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Old Portraits And Modern Sketches Classic Reprint
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Author : John Greenleaf Whittier
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12-25
Old Portraits And Modern Sketches Classic Reprint written by John Greenleaf Whittier and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from Old Portraits and Modern Sketches I could have dipped into a style higher than this in which I have discoursed, and could have adorned all things more than here I have seemed to do; but I dared not. God did not play in tempting me; neither did I play when I sunk, as it were, into a bottomless pit, when the pangs of hell took hold on me; wherefore, I may not play in relating of them, but be plain and simple, and lay down the thing as it was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Art Of The Dresden Gallery
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Author : Julia de Wolf Addison
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12-18
The Art Of The Dresden Gallery written by Julia de Wolf Addison and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-18 with Art categories.
Excerpt from The Art of the Dresden Gallery: Notes and Observations Upon the Old and Modern Masters and Paintings in the Royal Collection Europe, and innumerable treasures Of Flemish, Dutch, and German art. Among the Spanish pic tures, too, is one Of the finest Murillos outside Of Spain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Great Portraits As Seen And Described By Great Writers Classic Reprint
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Author : Esther Singleton
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-14
Great Portraits As Seen And Described By Great Writers Classic Reprint written by Esther Singleton and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-14 with Art categories.
Excerpt from Great Portraits as Seen and Described by Great Writers T is hard for us in this day of photographs to realize what portrait-painting meant to the world even as late as a century ago. The only way to record the features and figure was by means of pencil or brush; hence the art of portraiture became a most important and lucrative branch of painting. The greatest masters excelled in it, and some of them are remembered chiefly, if not solely, by their por traits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Catalogue Of The Celebrated Collection Of Paintings By Modern And Old Masters And Of Water Colors And Drawings Classic Reprint
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Author : Eugène Secrétan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-19
Catalogue Of The Celebrated Collection Of Paintings By Modern And Old Masters And Of Water Colors And Drawings Classic Reprint written by Eugène Secrétan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-19 with Art categories.
Excerpt from Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Paintings by Modern and Old Masters and of Water-Colors and DrawingsI venerate, and with the satisfaction, given me by the opportunity of once more tendering them the tribute of my admiration, is mingled, at the end Of this introduction, the grief of seeing the Secretan Gallery going to disappear.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Modern Paintings As Seen And Described By Great Writers Classic Reprint
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Author : Esther Singleton
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02-02
Modern Paintings As Seen And Described By Great Writers Classic Reprint written by Esther Singleton and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-02 with Art categories.
Excerpt from Modern Paintings as Seen and Described by Great Writers To present in a book of this size a gallery of modern paintings that would be entirely satisfactory is manifestly impossible, for it is needless to remind the reader that paint ing in the Nineteenth Century has undergone so many phases and developments that it would be out of the question even to include a specimen of every important school, much less to represent every famous master. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Concerning Portraits And Portraiture Classic Reprint
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Author : Helen Bigelow Merriman
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-01-31
Concerning Portraits And Portraiture Classic Reprint written by Helen Bigelow Merriman and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-31 with Art categories.
Excerpt from Concerning Portraits and Portraiture But all painters inevitably approach their sitters with a predisposition to see in them a certain class of facts, rather than another class that may equally be present. And not only is this true of those who are artists by profession. We are all artists in a degree, although we may lack the power of expressing our ideas in paint. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Contemporary Portraits Classic Reprint
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Author : Frank Harris
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-05-05
Contemporary Portraits Classic Reprint written by Frank Harris and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-05 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from Contemporary Portraits Theartistmustdivinethesecretnatureand even the unconscions tendencies of his subject and bring them to expression or his work will not endure, and it is love alone that divines, lineandthrowintoreliefthevirtuouspowers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Modern Paintings In The Western Galleries Classic Reprint
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-09-09
Modern Paintings In The Western Galleries Classic Reprint written by Metropolitan Museum of Art and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-09 with Art categories.
Excerpt from Modern Paintings in the Western Galleries State of New York and located in the City of New York, all articles of the following descripton which may belong to me at the time of my decease and be then situated or remaining in the City of New York, namely: my entire col lection of modern oil paintings, with their frames, and also my water color drawings with their frames, which paintings include the original portrait of my late father, John D v1d Wolfe, by Huntington, and my own portrait by Alexander Cabanel, all which works of art by this section of my will disposed of shall be properly selected, and scheduled by my executors, and shall thereafter and within six months after my decease be delivered by them to said Metropolitan Museum of Art as its own absolute property, and subject to its absolute disposal, but with the desire and hope on my part that the same may be had, held and exhibited by that institution for the enjoyment and recreation of all who may frequent its rooms. And also with a view to the education and cultivation of the public taste for the fine arts. This gift, however, is upon express condition that the trustees and managers of said institution shall provide and set apart exclusively for the said cotlection a suitable, welllighted fire-proof apartment, gallery or separate space, where the paintings and water color drawings herein mentioned shall be properly arranged and displayed; and provided also, that said collection shall be designated and continue to be known as the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection. And in order to provide for the better preservation of the said paintings and drawings, and the future increase of said collection, I give and bequeath to my executors the sum of two hundred thousand dollars in money (or in stocks or securities deemed by them to be of that value) upon trust, to be held and kept invested in United States or State stocks or bonds in good credit, or Other securities, strictly approved for the investment of trust funds, and to receive the interest or income thereof and apply the net amount of the same as it shall from time to time accrue to the use of the said Metropolitan Museum of Art during the lives of David Wolfe Bishop and Louie L. Lorillard, two of said executors, and the life of the survivor of them to the intent that such income shall be applied from time to time by said institution for such judicious repairs as may be necessary to the said works of art. And any surplus thereof to be expended for the purchase or acquisition of other original modern oil paint ings. Either by native or foreign artists, but only for works of acknowledged merit and superior excellence, both in subject and execution, in the departments of art known as figure, landscape and genre subjects, and which shall become additions to the original collection hereby bequeathed, and shall continue to be part of the collection designated and known as aforesaid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Old Master Portrait Drawings
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Author : James Spero
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Old Master Portrait Drawings written by James Spero and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Art categories.
Masterpieces of drawing from the great schools and traditions of Italy and northern Europe, spanning four centuries from Filippino Lippi, Andrea del Sarto, and Titian to Rembrandt, Van Dyck, and Ingres. 47 plates.
Old Portraits And Modern Sketches
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Author : John Greenleaf Whittier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
Old Portraits And Modern Sketches written by John Greenleaf Whittier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with categories.