Art Books

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

British Museum

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by British Museum. Excerpts from the book:The baked clay tablets and portions of tablets which describe the views and beliefs of the Babylonians and Assyria..

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

James McNeill Whistler

A most curiously well-concocted piratical scheme to publish, without his knowledge or consent, a complete collection of Mr. Whistler's "American Register," Paris, March 8, 1890. writings, letters, pam..

The Art of the Exposition

Eugen Neuhaus

It is generally conceded that the essential lesson of the Exposition is the lesson of art. However strongly the industrial element may have asserted itself in the many interesting exhibits, no matter ..

Censorship and Art

John Galsworthy

Since, time and again, it has been proved, in this country of free institutions, that the great majority of our fellow-countrymen consider the only Censorship that now obtains amongst us, namely the C..

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

John Addington Symonds

The Buonarroti Simoni, to whom Michelangelo belonged, were a Florentine family of ancient burgher nobility. Their arms appear to have been originally "azure two bends or." To this coat was added "a la..

Amadis of Gaul

Nicola Francesco Haym

Amadís de Gaula is a landmark work among the chivalric romances which were in vogue in sixteenth-century Spain, although its first version, much revised before printing, was written at the onset of th..

Among the Great Masters of Music

Walter Rowlands

Among the GreOne of the most ancient legends handed down to us by the early Church is that of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. She is known to have been honoured by Christians as far..

Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians

Robert Schumann

The cultivation of the Ear is of the greatest importance.—Endeavour early to distinguish each several tone and key. Find out the exact notes sounded by the bell, the glass, the cuckoo, etc.Practise fr..