Art Books

Field's Chromatography

George Field

Field's Chromatography by George Field. Excerpts from the book:How early, and to what extent, colouring may have attained the rank of science among the ancients, are questions not easily set at r..

A History of Art for Beginners and Students (Painting, Sculpture, Architecture)

Clara Erskine Clement Waters

No one can speak with exactness as to the time when sculpture was first practised by the Egyptians; we only know that it was a very long time ago. But we do know that in the time of the twelfth dynast..

French Art - Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture

W. C. Brownell

French Art: Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by W. C. Brownell. Excerpts from the book:More than that of any other modern people French art is a national expression. It epitomizes ..

Great Artists, Vol 1 Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer

Jennie Ellis Keysor

The following brief sketches are presented in fear and in hope—in fear lest they prove in no wise adequate for so glorious a subject; in the hope that they may encourage not only the pupil, but the te..

Histoire des plus célèbres amateurs italiens et de leurs relations avec les artistes

Jules Dumesnil

Much has been written about artists, and there are, in almost every language, a large number of books on their lives and works; but one would look in vain for one on the amateurs. It is scarcely in th..

Honor de artista

Octave Feuillet

One of the noblest names of the old France, the Odón de Pierrepont, was taken, and well taken, around 1875, by the Marquis Pedro Armando, who was then thirty years old, and was the last male descendan..

How to Enjoy Paris in 1842

F. Hervé

How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 by F. Hervé. Preface from the book:In offering the following pages to the public, the author has been principally influenced by a desire of uniting useful information with t..

How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

W. Blanchard Jerrold

The money to found a British Museum was raised by a lottery in the middle of the last century. Sir Hans Sloane having offered his books and museum of natural history to Parliament, for less than half ..