London England / New York: Macmillan and Co, 1889. Hardback. Thoughts About Art. Previous owners name and date to inside cover. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Preface. Introduction. That Certain Artists Should Write on Art. Painting From Nature. Painting From Memoranda. The Relation Between Photography and Painting. World-Painting and Colour-Painting. The Law of Progress in Art. Artists in Fiction. Picture Buying. Fame. Art Criticism. Analysis and Synthesis in Painting. The Reaction From Pre-Raphaelitism. The Artistic Spirit. The Place of Landscape-Painting Amongst the Fine Arts. The Housing of National Art Treasures. On the Artisitc Observation of Nature. Proudhon as a Writer on Art. Two Art Philosophers. Leslie. Picture-Dealers. Thorvalden. The Philosophy of Etching. Amateur Painters. Can Science Help Art? Picture-Framces. Autographic Art. 383 pp. Hand cut pages. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). New Edition Revised With Notes and Intro. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Duodecimo. Harback.

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Bookseller's Inventory #: 093882
Title: Thoughts About Art
Author: Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: New Edition Revised With Notes and Intro
Publisher: Macmillan and Co
Place of Publication: London England / New York
Date Published: 1889
Keywords: Non Fiction Thoughts Art Painting
Bookseller catalogs: Art and Antiques and Collectables;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Duodecimo

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