Classicly Books
Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture
John RuskinAratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture by John Ruskin. Preface by the author:I must pray the readers of the following Lectures to remember that the duty at present laid on ..
Artists' Wives
Alphonse DaudetArtists' Wives is a romance novel by Alphonse Daudet. Excerpts from the book:Stretched at full length, on the great divan of a studio, cigar in mouth, two friends—a poet and a painter—were talking tog..
Field's Chromatography
George FieldField's Chromatography by George Field. Excerpts from the book:How early, and to what extent, colouring may have attained the rank of science among the ancients, are questions not easily set at r..
A History of Art for Beginners and Students (Painting, Sculpture, Architecture)
Clara Erskine Clement WatersNo one can speak with exactness as to the time when sculpture was first practised by the Egyptians; we only know that it was a very long time ago. But we do know that in the time of the twelfth dynast..
French Art - Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
W. C. BrownellFrench Art: Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by W. C. Brownell. Excerpts from the book:More than that of any other modern people French art is a national expression. It epitomizes ..
Great Artists, Vol 1 Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer
Jennie Ellis KeysorThe following brief sketches are presented in fear and in hope—in fear lest they prove in no wise adequate for so glorious a subject; in the hope that they may encourage not only the pupil, but the te..
Histoire des plus célèbres amateurs italiens et de leurs relations avec les artistes
Jules DumesnilMuch has been written about artists, and there are, in almost every language, a large number of books on their lives and works; but one would look in vain for one on the amateurs. It is scarcely in th..
Honor de artista
Octave FeuilletOne of the noblest names of the old France, the Odón de Pierrepont, was taken, and well taken, around 1875, by the Marquis Pedro Armando, who was then thirty years old, and was the last male descendan..