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MASTER' IN ART - A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS published by Bates & Guild Company, Boston, 1907. A wonderful old art book that explores the paintings of 12 masters. Sir Thomas Lawrence, England School, 1769 - 1830; Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch School, 1628 - 1682; Filippino Lippi, Florentine School, 1457 - 1504; Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, French School, 1704 - 1788; Luca Signorelli, Umbro-Florentine School, 1441 - 1523; Masaccio, Florentine School, 1401 - 1427; David Teniers the Younger, Flemish School, 1610 - 1690; Giobanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian School, 1696 - 1770; Eugene DeLacroix, French School, 1798 - 1863; Jules Breton, French School, 1827 - 1906; Theodore Rousseau, Barbizon School, 1812 - 1867; James McNeill Whistler, American School, 1834 - 1903.
This is a wonderful old art history book with a leather binding and marble paper cover. The binding is a little loose in some places, but all the pages are attached. There are more than 10 black and white plates of each artists work. A short essay accompanies each plate, and there is biographical information about each artist. This book contains 504 pages that are clean and well preserved, the edges and end of the binding shows ware and a few scratches.
The Illustrations "Holy Family" by Signorelli; "The Gleanor" by Breton;"The Shepherd's Star" by Breton.
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