The Book of Art for Young People
by Sir William Martin Conway Agnes Ethel Conway
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[...]believed in dragons as sincerely as that, must have gone in terror in many places where we should go with no particular emotion. A picture of a dragon to them would mean much more than it would to us. So if we are really to understand old pictures, we must begin by understanding the fancies of the artists who painted them, and of the people they were painted for. You see how much study that means for any one who wants to understand all the art of all the world. We shall not pretend to lead you on any such great quest as that, but ask you to look at just a few old pictures that have been f...
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- THE BOOK OF ART
- FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- AGNES ETHEL CONWAY
- SIR MARTIN CONWAY
- A. & C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1
- TO MY LITTLE FRIENDS
- AGNES AND ROSANNE
- NOTE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF ART
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II
- THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY IN EUROPE
- CHAPTER III
- RICHARD II.
- CHAPTER IV
- THE VAN EYCKS
- CHAPTER V
- THE RENAISSANCE
- CHAPTER VI
- RAPHAEL
- CHAPTER VII
- THE RENAISSANCE IN VENICE
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH
- CHAPTER IX
- REMBRANDT
- CHAPTER X
- PETER DE HOOGH AND CUYP
- CHAPTER XI
- VAN DYCK
- CHAPTER XII
- VELASQUEZ
- CHAPTER XIII
- REYNOLDS AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER XIV
- TURNER
- CHAPTER XV
- THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- INDEX
- THE END
- HOW TO ENJOY PICTURES
- BLACK'S DICTIONARY OF PICTURES
- A GUIDE TO THE BEST WORK OF THE BEST PAINTERS EDITED BY RANDALL DAVIES
- REPRODUCTIONS OF
- GREAT MASTERS
- ELEMENTARY WATER-COLOUR PAINTING
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