Author : Edward J. Poynter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259568742
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (687 download)
Book Synopsis The National Gallery, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Edward J. Poynter
Download or read book The National Gallery, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Edward J. Poynter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The National Gallery, Vol. 1 The arrangement of the pictures, which is strictly alphabetical, follows that of the Official Catalogue; the descriptions also are taken direct from the same source. They have been occasionally cut down where the page did not afford room for the whole text, and in some few cases they have been slightly amplified. An essential feature of the work is that the descriptions of the pictures invariably (with a single exception) face the illustrations on the opposite page, thus avoiding the careless and tiresome arrangement, only too common in works of this character, where the illustration is only to be found on a page far removed from the text which treats of it. The exception is on p. 8 5, where it was thought undesirable to so abbreviate the explanations of the four allegorical subjects by Paul Veronese as to bring in that of the fourth picture, which is accordingly relegated to the succeeding page. The exception will serve to indicate the care with which the whole work has been carried out. The arrangement of the illustrations was a matter of some difficulty; and it was not always found possible to avoid an awkward page, more particularly where pictures of different shapes are gathered together in the same group. The rule adopted for the scale of the illustrations. 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.
