Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. Dark green cloth w/bright gilt on spine & front board. Spot on front board and rubbing to back board. Former library book. See images for the condition of this book.
Blurb: Historic artists are featured as well as the significance of colors used by the old masters and the emblems by which saints and other scared parsonages were found in old pictures for easy recognition. 22 chapters including index of artists with pronunciation of foreign names, definitions, and bibliography. Collection of 52 artists' illustration throughout book including: Masaccio; Botticelli; daVinci; Michael Angelo; Duccio; Perugino; Raphael; Bellini; Luini; Salvator Rosa; Millet; Velasquez; van Eyck;Rubens; Van Dyck;Durer; Hofmann; Reynolds; Copley; Sargent; Thayer, etc. Chapters cover ancient paintings; Modern Christian Paintings; Italian, paintings