Excerpt from The Things Which Are Seen: A Revaluation of the Visual Arts
This book does not partake of the character of an historical or academic treatise. It does not contain a long array of names of which not one man in a hundred has ever heard. In fact, it is not addressed to learned people in particular, but can readily be apprehended by everybody. There are no obscurities of language, no paradoxes and no ¿ights of fancy in these pages, f...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Excerpt from The Things Which Are Seen: A Revaluation of the Visual Arts
This book does not partake of the character of an historical or academic treatise. It does not contain a long array of names of which not one man in a hundred has ever heard. In fact, it is not addressed to learned people in particular, but can readily be apprehended by everybody. There are no obscurities of language, no paradoxes and no ¿ights of fancy in these pages, f...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
