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Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

by Esther Singleton

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Editor
Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
Credits
Juliet Sutherland, Leonard Johnson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
ND: Fine Arts: Painting
Subject
Painting
Category
Text
eBook-No.
17478
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17478
Release Date
January 7, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Great Pictures
  2. 2.Preface
  3. 3.Contents
  4. 4.Illustrations — GREAT PICTURES
  5. 5.DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS
  6. 6.THE FISHERMAN PRESENTING THE RING TO THE DOGE GRADENIGO — ( BORDONE ) — THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
  7. 7.THE BIRTH OF VENUS — ( BOTTICELLI ) — WALTER PATER
  8. 8.THE QUEEN OF SHEBA — ( VERONESE ) — JOHN RUSKIN
  9. 9.THE LAST JUDGEMENT — ( MICHAEL ANGELO ) — ALEXANDRE DUMAS — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT — ( CORREGGIO ) — AIMÉ GIRON
  11. 11.BANQUET OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS — (VAN DER HELST) — WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
  12. 12.L'EMBARQUEMENT POUR L'ÎLE DE CYTHÈRE — ( WATTEAU ) — EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT
  13. 13.THE SISTINE MADONNA — ( RAPHAEL ) — F.A. GRUYER
  14. 14.THE DREAM OF ST. URSULA — ( CARPACCIO ) — JOHN RUSKIN — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS — ( RUBENS ) — EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
  16. 16.BACCHUS AND ARIADNE — ( TITIAN ) — CHARLES LAMB
  17. 17.BACCHUS AND ARIADNE — ( TITIAN ) — EDWARD T. COOK — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN — ( FRA ANGELICO ) — THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
  19. 19.JUDITH — ( SANDRO BOTTICELLI ) — MAURICE HEWLETT
  20. 20.THE AVENUE OF MIDDELHARNAIS — ( HOBBEMA ) — PAUL LAFOND
  21. 21.THE DANCE OF THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS — ( ANDREA DEL SARTO ) — ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
  22. 22.ADORATION OF THE MAGI — ( GENTILE DA FABRIANO ) — F.A. GRUYER — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE — ( HOLBEIN ) — ANTONY VALABRÈGUE — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.PARADISE — ( TINTORET ) — JOHN RUSKIN
  25. 25.AURORA — ( GUIDO RENI ) — CHARLOTTE A. EATON
  26. 26.AURORA — ( GUIDO RENI ) — JOHN CONSTABLE
  27. 27.THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN — ( TITIAN ) — THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
  28. 28.THE NIGHT WATCH — ( REMBRANDT ) — EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
  29. 29.THE RAPE OF HELEN — ( BENOZZO GOZZOLI ) — COSMO MONKHOUSE
  30. 30.MONNA LISA 9 — (LEONARDO DA VINCI) — WALTER PATER — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB — ( VAN EYCK ) — KUGLER — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.THE DEATH OF PROCRIS — ( PIERO DI COSIMO ) — EDWARD T. COOK
  33. 33.THE DEATH OF PROCRIS — ( PIERO DI COSIMO ) — JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.THE MARRIAGE IN CANA — ( TINTORET ) — JOHN RUSKIN
  35. 35.MADAME DE POMPADOUR — ( DE LA TOUR ) — CHARLES-AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE — FOOTNOTES:
  36. 36.THE HAY WAIN — ( CONSTABLE ) — C.L. BURNS
  37. 37.THE SURRENDER OF BREDA — ( VELASQUEZ ) — THÉOPHILE GAUTIER — FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — ( MURILLO ) — AIMÉ GIRON
  39. 39.ST. FRANCIS BEFORE THE SOLDAN — ( GIOTTO ) — JOHN RUSKIN — FOOTNOTES:
  40. 40.LILITH — ( ROSSETTI ) — ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
  41. 41.ADORATION OF THE MAGI — ( DÜRER ) — MORIZ THAUSING
  42. 42.MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE — ( HOGARTH ) — AUSTIN DOBSON — FOOTNOTES:
  43. 43.THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS — ( LEONARDO DA VINCI ) — THÉOPHILE GAUTIER — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.BEATRICE CENCI — ( GUIDO RENI ) — PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
  45. 45.THE TRANSFIGURATION — ( RAPHAEL ) — MRS. JAMESON
  46. 46.THE BULL — ( PAUL POTTER ) — EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
  47. 47.CORÉSUS AND CALLIRHOÉ — ( FRAGONARD ) — EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT — FOOTNOTES:
  48. 48.THE MARKET-CART — ( GAINSBOROUGH ) — RICHARD AND SAMUEL REDGRAVE
  49. 49.BACCHUS AND ARIADNE — ( TINTORET ) — HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE — FOOTNOTES:
  50. 50.BACCHUS AND ARIADNE — ANONYMOUS
  51. 51.LA CRUCHE CASSÉE — ( GREUZE ) — THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
  52. 52.PORTRAIT OF LADY COCKBURN AND HER CHILDREN — ( REYNOLDS ) — FREDERIC G. STEPHENS — FOOTNOTES:
  53. 53.ST. CECILIA — ( RAPHAEL ) — PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
  54. 54.THE LAST SUPPER — ( LEONARDO DA VINCI ) — JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
  55. 55.THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I. — ( VAN DYCK ) — JULES GUIFFREY
  56. 56.THE FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP, 1838 — ( TURNER ) — JOHN RUSKIN — FOOTNOTES:
  57. 57.SPRING — ( BOTTICELLI ) — MARCEL REYMOND — FOOTNOTES:
  58. 58.Transcriber's Notes:

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