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Excerpt from The Art of the National Gallery: A Critical Survey of the Schools and Painters as Represented in the British Collection The pictures in the National Gallery are ar ranged according to the schools of painting in their historic order, thus enabling one to treat of its treasures in a very satisfactory way, by natural progression. The comparative value of the schools may come within the scope of this book, although, since the chain is not absolutely complete, and some examples are necessarily missing, it is not the author's intention to claim that she offers a history of the various schools of art. Only so far as it is possible to illustrate by examples, will the historic continuity be emphasized. In tracing the early history of the art of paint ing, it has been thought more interesting to consult the original authorities and the contemporary trea tises, rather than later commentators, when dealing with technical processes, such as tempera, fresco, encaustic, and oil-painting. 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.

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