A short history of art (1913) (14587222777)

Hope by George Frederic Watts
Identifier: cu31924014078004 (find matches)
Title: A short history of art
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910 Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918
Subjects: Art
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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GEOKCii: UIEDKIIICK WATTS HOPE A beautiful example of the artists allegorical conceptions. THE PRE-RAPHAELITE MOVEMENT 571 of his female types there is a strain distinctly English. Thistender austerity and pathetic timidity of feeling are notablyillustrated in King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, whichalso is a beautiful example of his technical method. Forhere is the exquisiteness of faded, even monotonous colour-ing, and of preciosity in the elaborately wrought surfaces, sothat every inch of the canvas has its peculiar appeal to the most rarefied assthetic sense. In his window decorationsin the Birmingham Cathedral Church, and in his mosaics inthe American Episcopal Church in Rome, Bume-Jonesproved his capacity as a decorator. Before his entrance into this field it had been customaryto engage German artists, and several of the Nazarenes obtained commissions. Now under the inspiration of Ros-setti and Bume-Jones, a new taste developed in the decora-tion of public and domestic buildings.