A Concise History Of Painting

Author : Mrs. Charles Heaton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330096802
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of Painting written by Mrs. Charles Heaton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Concise History of Painting In the fifteen years which have elapsed since the late Mrs. Charles Heaton's "Concise History of Painting" was published, the labours of art-scholars have been very extensive and searching, and the mode and temper of art criticism have greatly changed. Nevertheless, this book, as it left the hand of its authoress, remains still the most readable and comprehensive of all short histories of Painting. It has been my aim in the present edition not to impair its precious quality of readableness, and to increase its comprehensiveness by adding notices of many artists whose exclusion would, at the present date, mar its value as a text -book. To effect the latter object without forfeiting the title of "concise," it has been necessary to reduce the original text by the excision of such passages as appeared redundant or least valuable. Otherwise the present edition differs from the first mainly in the following respects. Dates and other matters of fact have been revised throughout. The notices of Claude and the Poussins have been transferred from the Italian to the French School. These and the notices of several other painters have been re-written, and notes throughout the book have been added. The chapter on "The Last Efforts and Extinction of Painting in Italy" (Book iv., chap. 5) has been re-written, and a concluding note on the English School, and Chronological lists of the painters of each country have been added. With the exceptions of the chapter, note, and lists mentioned in the preceding sentence, and of alterations of date and other slight changes, all new or re-written matter will be found included within square brackets [ ]. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.