Greek And Gothic Progress And Decay In The Three Arts Of Architecture Sculpture And Painting Classic Reprint

Author : Richard St. John Tyrwhitt
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ISBN 13 : 9781330611845
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Gothic, Progress and Decay in the Three Arts of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting (Classic Reprint) written by Richard St. John Tyrwhitt and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Greek and Gothic, Progress and Decay in the Three Arts of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting The latter part of this book has already appeared before the public, under the kind editorship of Miss Yonge, in the Monthly Packet. It there found readers enough to invite republication; and it has seemed best to add a connected sketch of ancient Greek and Roman arts and monuments. I hope the whole may form a readable handbook, or guide to a course of study. It may possibly show the way into a department of history which becomes daily of more importance. Ancient monuments yield to time, destruction, and restoration, and lose their value as documents; or new light is thrown on what remains. The Muse of History is like the Sibyl in respect of burning her books; but their relics are always worth their price. I do not know of any other connected account of parallel progress and decay in the Three Arts of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, since Lord Lindsay's Christian Art. 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.