Art Books

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 4

Giorgio Vasari

Excerpts from the book:There was at this same time in Florence a painter of most beautiful intelligence and most lovely invention, namely, Filippo, son of Fra Filippo of the Carmine, who, following in..

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 5

Giorgio Vasari

Excerpts from the book:There was at this same time in Florence a painter of most beautiful intelligence and most lovely invention, namely, Filippo, son of Fra Filippo of the Carmine, who, following in..

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol I

Giorgio Vasari

Excerpts from the book:There was at this same time in Florence a painter of most beautiful intelligence and most lovely invention, namely, Filippo, son of Fra Filippo of the Carmine, who, following in..

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 6

Giorgio Vasari

Excerpts from the book:There was at this same time in Florence a painter of most beautiful intelligence and most lovely invention, namely, Filippo, son of Fra Filippo of the Carmine, who, following in..

A Pindarick Ode on Painting

Thomas Morrison

A Pindarick Ode on Painting by Thomas Morrison. Preface from the author:Apart from the few papers relating to him that have survived since his death in 1778, little more is known of the Rev. Thom..

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Wassily Kandinsky

Concerning the Spiritual in Art  by Wassily Kandinsky. Introduction by Translator below:It is no common thing to find an artist who, even if he be willing to try, is capable of expressing hi..

Essays on Art

Arthur Clutton-Brock

Essays on Art by Arthur Clutton-Brock. Preface from the book:These essays, reprinted from the Times Literary Supplement with a few additions and corrections, are not all entirely or directly conc..

Promenades of an Impressionist

James Huneker

Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker. Excerpts from the book:After prolonged study of the art shown at the Paris Autumn Salon you ask yourself: This whirlpool of jostling ambitions, cr..