Painting & paintings books

Excerpt from Handbook of Historic Schools of Painting At the close of the book will be found a list of the emblems...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Amsterdam, the Hague, Haarlem, Critical Notes on the Rijks Museum, the Hague Museum, Hals Museum In...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Art of Painting in the Nineteenth Century If you too are caught up by the whirlpool of interest...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Wilhelm Tischbein: Ein K nstlerleben des 18, Jahrhunderts Plan nicht mehr ausgef hrt, aber Tischbein...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Die Altniederl ndische Malerei von Jan van Eyck bis Memling Aber wenn der Verfasser nun auch vielleicht...  Read More >>

Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Matchless and Superb Collection of English Portraits: Comprehending Heads of the Principal...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Th ophile Gautier, Peintre: tude, Suivie du Catalogue de Son OEuvre Peint, Dessin Et Grav Tu ne...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Compendious Description of the Galleries of Paintings in the Papal Palace of the Vatican: Containing,...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance Other students may have anticipated the publication...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Early American Painters: Illustrated by Examples in the Collection of the New-York Historical Society...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Engraved Portraits, Decorative and Historical Prints, Etchings and Drawings Full length, standing,...  Read More >>

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This original work introduces readers to the techniques from the hyperrealist movement, a style applied to painting...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from The Consolations of a Critic He is an eager, dim-sighted pilgrim, seeking the soul of the universe,...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Recollections and Impressions of James A. McNeill Whistler The reminiscences are mostly personal. Many...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Works of William Hogarth, (Including the 'Analysis of Beauty;), Vol. 1 of 2: Elucidated by Descriptions,...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Le Mus e de la Com die-Fran aise Je ne passe jamais, dit M. Claretie, dans la pr face du beau catalogue...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Pictures Chiefly by the Old Masters: Comprising a View of an...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Outlines From the Antients: Exhibiting Their Principles of Composition in Figures and Basso-Relievos...  Read More >>