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The Old Masters and Their Pictures, For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art

The Old Masters and Their Pictures, For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art

Tytler, Sarah

Paperback

Art HistoryGeneral ArtPainting Instruction

ISBN10: 3566286559
ISBN13: 9783566286552
Publisher: Les Voiles Du Verbe
Published: Sep 3 2026
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

isaneducationaltreatiseaboutfamouspainters and their significant works, written in the late 19th century. The book aims to provide accessible insights into the great old masters of painting from var iousperiodsandregions, primarilyfocusingontheircontributionstotheart world rather than offering an exhaustive art historical analysis. It serves as a resource for both schools and individuals interested in enhancing their un derstanding of classical paintings. At the start of the book, Tytler expresses her intent to engage readers by explaining the significance of art and the common human inclination to appreciate visual representation. She high lights the early developmentsin Italian art andintroducespivotal figures like Giotto, emphasizing their impact ontheevolutionofpaintingthroughper sonal anecdotes and historical background. The introduction suggests that Tytler will discuss the progression of painting styles, technical challenges facedbyearlyartists, andtheculturalcontextsinwhichthesemastersworked, aiming to create an appreciation for the artistry and storytelling behind each piece eARLYITALIANART-GIOTTO,1276-1337-ANDREAPISANO.1280 1345-ORCAGNA,1315-1376 GHIBERTI, 1381-1455-MASACCIO, 1402 1428 OR 1429-FRAANGELICO,1387-1455. Apencilandpaper, aboxofcolours, andascrap-book, formsooftenachild's favourite toys that one might expect that a very large portion of men and womenwould provepainters. But, as we grow in years and knowledge, the discrepancy betweennatureandourattempts tocopynature, strikeusmore and more, until we turn in dissatisfaction and disgust from the vain effort. There was only one old woman in an Esquimaux tribe who could be called forward to drawwitha stick on thesanda sufficiently graphic likeness of the Erebus and the Terror. It is only a few groups of menbelongingtodifferent countries, throughoutthecenturies, whohavebeenabletogiveuspaintings to which we turn in wonder and admiration, and say that these are in their degreefairexponentsofnature. Theoldpainter'shalf-haughty, half-humble protest was true-it is 'God Almighty, ' who in raising here and there men above their fellows, 'makes painters.

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