Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
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Great Pictures
Preface
Contents
Illustrations
GREAT PICTURES
DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS
THE FISHERMAN PRESENTING THE RING TO THE DOGE GRADENIGO
(BORDONE)
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
THE BIRTH OF VENUS
(BOTTICELLI)
WALTER PATER
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
(VERONESE)
JOHN RUSKIN
THE LAST JUDGEMENT
(MICHAEL ANGELO)
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
FOOTNOTES:
MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT
(CORREGGIO)
AIMÉ GIRON
BANQUET OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS
(VAN DER HELST)
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
L'EMBARQUEMENT POUR L'ÎLE DE CYTHÈRE
(WATTEAU)
EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT
THE SISTINE MADONNA
(RAPHAEL)
F.A. GRUYER
THE DREAM OF ST. URSULA
(CARPACCIO)
JOHN RUSKIN
FOOTNOTES:
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS
(RUBENS)
EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
(TITIAN)
CHARLES LAMB
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
(TITIAN)
EDWARD T. COOK
FOOTNOTES:
THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN
(FRA ANGELICO)
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
JUDITH
(SANDRO BOTTICELLI)
MAURICE HEWLETT
THE AVENUE OF MIDDELHARNAIS
(HOBBEMA)
PAUL LAFOND
THE DANCE OF THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS
(ANDREA DEL SARTO)
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
ADORATION OF THE MAGI
(GENTILE DA FABRIANO)
F.A. GRUYER
FOOTNOTES:
PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE
(HOLBEIN)
ANTONY VALABRÈGUE
FOOTNOTES:
PARADISE
(TINTORET)
JOHN RUSKIN
AURORA
(GUIDO RENI)
CHARLOTTE A. EATON
AURORA
(GUIDO RENI)
JOHN CONSTABLE
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN
(TITIAN)
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
THE NIGHT WATCH
(REMBRANDT)
EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
THE RAPE OF HELEN
(BENOZZO GOZZOLI)
COSMO MONKHOUSE
MONNA LISA9
(LEONARDO DA VINCI)
WALTER PATER
FOOTNOTES:
THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB
(VAN EYCK)
KUGLER
FOOTNOTES:
THE DEATH OF PROCRIS
(PIERO DI COSIMO)
EDWARD T. COOK
THE DEATH OF PROCRIS
(PIERO DI COSIMO)
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
FOOTNOTES:
THE MARRIAGE IN CANA
(TINTORET)
JOHN RUSKIN
MADAME DE POMPADOUR
(DE LA TOUR)
CHARLES-AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE
FOOTNOTES:
THE HAY WAIN
(CONSTABLE)
C.L. BURNS
THE SURRENDER OF BREDA
(VELASQUEZ)
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
FOOTNOTES:
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
(MURILLO)
AIMÉ GIRON
ST. FRANCIS BEFORE THE SOLDAN
(GIOTTO)
JOHN RUSKIN
FOOTNOTES:
LILITH
(ROSSETTI)
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
ADORATION OF THE MAGI
(DÜRER)
MORIZ THAUSING
MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE
(HOGARTH)
AUSTIN DOBSON
FOOTNOTES:
THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS
(LEONARDO DA VINCI)
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
FOOTNOTES:
BEATRICE CENCI
(GUIDO RENI)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
THE TRANSFIGURATION
(RAPHAEL)
MRS. JAMESON
THE BULL
(PAUL POTTER)
EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
CORÉSUS AND CALLIRHOÉ
(FRAGONARD)
EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT
FOOTNOTES:
THE MARKET-CART
(GAINSBOROUGH)
RICHARD AND SAMUEL REDGRAVE
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
(TINTORET)
HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE
FOOTNOTES:
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
ANONYMOUS
LA CRUCHE CASSÉE
(GREUZE)
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
PORTRAIT OF LADY COCKBURN AND HER CHILDREN
(REYNOLDS)
FREDERIC G. STEPHENS
FOOTNOTES:
ST. CECILIA
(RAPHAEL)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
THE LAST SUPPER
(LEONARDO DA VINCI)
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I.
(VAN DYCK)
JULES GUIFFREY
THE FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP, 1838
(TURNER)
JOHN RUSKIN
FOOTNOTES:
SPRING
(BOTTICELLI)
MARCEL REYMOND
FOOTNOTES:
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