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Treasures Of Art In Great Britain - Being An Account Of The Chief Collections Of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss.

by Gustav Friedrich Waagen

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 This four-volume work by Gustav Waagen, translated by Lady Eastlake, was published between 1854 and 1857. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered in Germany. Volume 1 describes the treasures of the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy.
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Treasures Of Art In Great Britain - Being An Account Of The Chief Collections Of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss.

by Gustav Friedrich Waagen

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 This four-volume work by Gustav Waagen, translated by Lady Eastlake, was published between 1854 and 1857. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered in Germany. Volume 4 describes more works in the British Museum, as well as private collections.
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Treasures Of Art In Great Britain - Being An Account Of The Chief Collections Of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss.

by Gustav Friedrich Waagen

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 This four-volume work by Gustav Waagen, translated by Lady Eastlake, was published between 1854 and 1857. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered in Germany. Volume 3 describes collections in stately homes, museums and public galleries outside London.
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Treasures Of Art In Great Britain - Being An Account Of The Chief Collections Of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss.

by Gustav Friedrich Waagen

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 This four-volume work by Gustav Waagen, translated by Lady Eastlake, was published between 1854 and 1857. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered in Germany. Volume 2 describes the artworks in Buckingham Palace, Apsley House and other private collections in London.
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The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies - As Pleasingly Exemplified In Many Instances, Wherein The Serious Ones Of This Earth...Have Been Prettily Spurred On To Unseemliness And Indiscretion,

by James Abbott Ncneill Whistler

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 This 1890 book's 'prologue' is an extract from the review by Ruskin leading to the libel case in which Whistler was paid one farthing in damages, and it continues in the same vein, offering correspondence between Whistler and the critics, edited to amuse as well as (perhaps) edify his readers.
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Some Account Of Gothic Architecture In Spain

by George Edmund Street

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 An architect and architectural theorist, George Edmund Street was one of the key proponents of the 'High Victorian' Gothic style in nineteenth-century Britain. This illustrated two-volume work, reissued here in its 1914 version, takes the reader on a tour of Spain's most ancient and architecturally important towns and cities.
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Memoirs Of The Life And Works Of Sir Christopher Wren - With A Brief View Of The Progress Of Architecture In England, From The Beginning Of The Reign Of Charles The First To The End Of The Seventeenth Centu

by James Elmes

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 This 1823 work, the first biography of Wren, is based on the so-called 'Parentalia', or notes on the Wren family compiled by his son (also Christopher) and privately printed by his grandson Stephen in 1750. James Elmes places Wren's life in the context of the intellectual ferment of Restoration England.
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The Art Of Decorative Design

by Christopher Dresser

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 Christopher Dresser (1834â€"1904) was arguably the first British industrial designer, working in a variety of media, and this 1862 work was his most influential book. Highly illustrated, it describes how to incorporate ornament into design, and encouraged the rising middle classes to decorate their homes themselves.
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Researches Into The History Of Playing Cards - With Illustrations Of The Origin Of Printing And Engraving On Wood

by Samuel Weller Singer

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 In this highly illustrated 1816 work, Samuel Weller Singer argues that the increasing sophistication sought by buyers of playing cards led to increasing improvements in the art of wood engraving, and that the study of these rarely surviving artefacts can give insights into the achievements of the greatest Renaissance carvers.
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An Autobiography

by Elizabeth Butler

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 This brisk and amusing 1922 autobiography by the military painter Elizabeth Butler (1848â€"1933), illustrated with her own sketches, takes the reader from her peripatetic childhood through her artistic success to her life and travels as the wife of a soldier and the mother of five children.
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The Woodcutters Of The Netherlands In The Fifteenth Century - In Three Parts

by William Martin Conway

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 The first part of this important 1884 study of the woodcuts and early printed books of the Low Countries considers the craftsmen; the second is a comprehensive catalogue of the cuts, ordered according to their makers; the final part is a catalogue of the books in which the cuts appeared.
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Life Of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

by George Williams Fulcher

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 Born in Sudbury, Suffolk, in 1727, Thomas Gainsborough was perhaps the best-known portrait painter of the eighteenth century. This anecdotal and engaging 1856 work by George Williams Fulcher (1795â€"1855), bookseller and poet, also of Sudbury, was, surprisingly, the first biography of the painter.
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An Historical Inquiry Into The True Principles Of Beauty In Art - More Especially With Reference To Architecture

by James Fergusson

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 James Fergusson (1808â€"86) spent ten years as an indigo planter in India before embarking upon a second career as an architectural historian. In this illustrated work of 1849, he considers beauty in art, expressed chiefly by the architectural styles of different civilisations, from ancient Egypt to ancient Rome.
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Companion To The Principles Of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture - Being A Brief Account Of The Vestments In Use In The Church, Prior To, And The Changes Therein In And From, The Reign Of Edward Vi

by Matthew Holbeche Bloxam

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 The eleventh, and definitive, 1882 edition of this hugely popular, highly illustrated work consists of two volumes on Gothic ecclesiastical architecture and a third on church vestments. Bloxam records his concern that: 'In the so-called restorations of ancient churches, not a few historical features â€¦ have been ruthlessly â€¦ swept away.'
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The Principles Of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture - With An Explanation Of Technical Terms, And A Centenary Of Ancient Terms

by Matthew Holbeche Bloxam

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 The eleventh, and definitive, 1882 edition of this hugely popular, highly illustrated work consists of two volumes on Gothic ecclesiastical architecture and a third on church vestments. Bloxam records his concern that: 'In the so-called restorations of ancient churches, not a few historical features â€¦ have been ruthlessly â€¦ swept away.'
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Reminiscences Of Rosa Bonheur

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 Rosa Bonheur (1822â€"99) is regarded as the foremost animal painter of her time and the most famous female artist of the nineteenth century. This 1910 work includes many letters offering first-hand evidence of her thinking about her approach to painting. The book is illustrated throughout with many fine engravings.
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The Life Of Sir David Wilkie - With His Journals, Tours, And Critical Remarks On Works Of Art

by Allan Cunningham

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 Sir David Wilkie (1785â€"1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works.
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The Life Of Sir David Wilkie - With His Journals, Tours, And Critical Remarks On Works Of Art

by Allan Cunningham

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 Sir David Wilkie (1785â€"1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works.
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The Life Of Sir David Wilkie - With His Journals, Tours, And Critical Remarks On Works Of Art

by Allan Cunningham

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 Sir David Wilkie (1785â€"1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works.
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Remarks On Forest Scenery, And Other Woodland Views - Illustrated By The Scenes Of New-Forest In Hampshire

by William Gilpin

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 This two-volume work on the picturesque qualities of forest landscapes, inspired by William Gilpin's walks and rides around his New Forest home, was published in 1791. In Volume 1 he discusses different forests and tree species, the results of maintenance and felling, and the effects of light and shade.
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Memoir Of Gabriel Beranger, And His Labours In The Cause Of Irish Art And Antiquities, From 1760 To 1780

by William Robert Wilde

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 Published in 1880, this life of Gabriel Beranger (1729â€"1817) by William Wilde describes the activities of an Irish antiquarian in the eighteenth century. Drawn from Beranger's journal and from the memories of people who had known him, the book offers engaging insights into early antiquarian practice in Ireland.
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An Artist'S Reminiscences

by Walter Crane

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 Walter Crane (1845â€"1915) is best remembered as the illustrator of whimsical stories for children, but in fact he worked in many styles and genres throughout his life. This highly illustrated 1907 autobiography traces his life as an illustrator and decorative artist, describing friendship, work, politics and travel.
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Goethe'S Theory Of Colours - Translated From The German, With Notes

by Johann Wolfgang Goethe

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 This work by Goethe (1749â€"1832) was translated into English in 1840 by Sir Charles Eastlake (1793â€"1865), painter and later keeper of the National Gallery. Eastlake's clear translation of Goethe's observations and experiments on colour and light will appeal to anyone interested in our responses to art.
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The Science Of Gems, Jewels, Coins And Medals, Ancient And Modern

by Archibald Billing

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 The Irish physician and medical teacher Archibald Billing (1791â€"1881) was also an amateur artist and antiquarian. In 1867, he published this work on gemmology, tracing the history of carving in miniature back to the seal-stones of the Egyptians and Assyrians, and giving a biography of the engraver Benedetto Pistrucci.
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