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Cover of The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art?

The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art?

Leo Tolstoy

The work is a two‑part essay collection by Leo Tolstoy, in which the first treatise develops his…

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Cathedral Cities of Italy

W. W. Collins

The book is a richly illustrated survey of Italy’s cathedral cities, written by the architectural historian…

Cover of Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art

Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art

Henry Fairfield Osborn

The work is a scholarly survey of Europe’s Paleolithic record, written by Henry Fairfield Osborn, a noted…

Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

T. Roger Smith

The work is a scholarly survey of medieval and early‑modern architecture, written by T. R.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851

Various

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June 1851, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that gathers a…

Cover of Moving Pictures: How They Are Made and Worked

Moving Pictures: How They Are Made and Worked

Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Frederick A. Talbot’s Moving Pictures: How They Are Made and Worked is a comprehensive survey of early…

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Cubists and Post-Impressionism

Arthur Jerome Eddy

Cover of English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2)

English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2)

John Ashton

The volume gathers a series of English caricatures and satirical prints aimed at Napoleon I, compiled by John…

Forty years of 'Spy'

Forty years of 'Spy'

Sir Leslie Ward

The work is an extensive autobiographical memoir by Sir Leslie Ward, the celebrated caricaturist known as…

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 Six Lectures Delivered on the Scammon Foundation at the Art Institute of Chicago, March 1916

Engravers and Etchers Six Lectures Delivered on the Scammon Foundation at the Art Institute of Chicago, March 1916

Fitz Roy Carrington

This volume collects the sixth and final series of the Scammon Lectures, a public‑speaking program founded by…

Cover of Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day

Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day

The volume is an illustrated survey of women painters from the early sixteenth‑century Italian masters…

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2

da Vinci Leonardo

The volume gathers a selection of Leonardo’s scattered notes on sculpture, focusing on the long‑unfinished…

Cover of La maison d'un artiste, Tome 1

La maison d'un artiste, Tome 1

Edmond de Goncourt

Ce premier tome, signé Edmond de Goncourt, se présente comme un essai‑mémoire consacré à la collection…

Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning

Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning

Willard Huntington Wright

The work is a scholarly survey of modern painting that seeks to explain why the great art of the last century…

Albert Dürer

Albert Dürer

T. Sturge Moore

The work is a scholarly appreciation of Albrecht Dürer, written by T.

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

James McNeill Whistler

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies is a nonfiction compilation that gathers James McNeill Whistler’s own…

The Venetian School of Painting

The Venetian School of Painting

Evelyn March Phillipps

The book is a compact survey of the Venetian School of painting, written by Evelyn March Phillipps to fill…

Giorgione

Giorgione

Herbert Frederick Cook

Herbert Frederick Cook’s monograph on Giorgiri­one is a scholarly survey that opens with a candid appraisal…

Cover of Practical taxidermy: a manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.

Practical taxidermy: a manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.

Montagu Browne

Practical Taxidermy is a nineteenth‑century instructional manual aimed at the amateur naturalist who wishes…

Cover of A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume 1 (of 2)

A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume 1 (of 2)

A. H. Smith

This volume is a scholarly catalogue of the marble sculpture held by the Department of Greek and Roman…

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851

Various

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October 1851, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that gathers…

Cover of The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century

The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century

Charles John Ffoulkes

Charles John Ffoulkes’s work is a scholarly reference that gathers English documentary evidence on the making…

Cover of Chantilly in History and Art

Chantilly in History and Art

Luise Richter

The book is a scholarly survey of Chantilly’s history and its artistic treasures, written by Louise M.

Cover of Roman Mosaics; Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood

Roman Mosaics; Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood

Hugh Macmillan

The work is a scholarly miscellany on Rome and its environs, assembled from previously published articles…