DOI Heft:
Nr. 165 (November, 1910)
DOI Artikel:The important autumn art books
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19869#0104
The Important Autumn Art Books
worse of a just thought for having it driven in. The
result, too, is a book which, graciously lacking all
the arts of a primer, will yet stir particularly the in-
terest of those who come to the subject fresh. The
reading of it is as an hour or so of conversation, full
of the contagion of a delectable hobby. And the
great number of the illustrations lends the reader a
further sense of having chatted over a portfolio of
prints with a master collector. It would be pleas-
ant to recall some of the personal glimpses and the
constant touches of humor which carry the listener
from one page to another, such as the thought that
had Sir Joshua brought up a family of his own his
exalted idea of the angelic attributes of children
might have been lowered, or the picture of the vora-
From "Golden Age o] Engraving"
Copyright, 1910, by Baker & Taylor Company
MAVOURNEEN DRY POINT BY JACQUES
JOSEPH TISSOT
XX
From "Golden Age oj Engraving"
Copyright, 1910, by Baker 6° Taylor Company
THE ANGEL OF THE DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED
ANNUNCIATION BY MARTIN SCHONGAUER
cious Bracquemond sighing over the departed days
when he seldom ate less for his dinner than a leg of
mutton, a turkey or a pair of fowls. But we must
content ourselves now with the sober mention of a
good short bibilography on prints with which the
volume closes.
Particularly strong in its bibliographical appar-
atus is Mr. A. M. Hind's "Short History of Engrav-
ing and Etching'' (Houghton Mifflin & Co.). The
classified list of engravers will be found to include
various countries which have hitherto received
scant attention in general works. The index of
engravers is in itself a useful work of reference, con-
taining 2,500 names, a considerable portion of
which are of living artists, not to be found in dic-
tionaries. All carry dates, places of activity and
individual bibliography so far as known. The
book proper may fairly be called a feat of condensed
statement. It represents prodigious industry in
compilation and much skill in the swift and brief
envisaging of epoch and talents. For the conve-
nience of students and collectors of prints it is prob-
ably not too much to say that nothing quite so satis-
worse of a just thought for having it driven in. The
result, too, is a book which, graciously lacking all
the arts of a primer, will yet stir particularly the in-
terest of those who come to the subject fresh. The
reading of it is as an hour or so of conversation, full
of the contagion of a delectable hobby. And the
great number of the illustrations lends the reader a
further sense of having chatted over a portfolio of
prints with a master collector. It would be pleas-
ant to recall some of the personal glimpses and the
constant touches of humor which carry the listener
from one page to another, such as the thought that
had Sir Joshua brought up a family of his own his
exalted idea of the angelic attributes of children
might have been lowered, or the picture of the vora-
From "Golden Age o] Engraving"
Copyright, 1910, by Baker & Taylor Company
MAVOURNEEN DRY POINT BY JACQUES
JOSEPH TISSOT
XX
From "Golden Age oj Engraving"
Copyright, 1910, by Baker 6° Taylor Company
THE ANGEL OF THE DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED
ANNUNCIATION BY MARTIN SCHONGAUER
cious Bracquemond sighing over the departed days
when he seldom ate less for his dinner than a leg of
mutton, a turkey or a pair of fowls. But we must
content ourselves now with the sober mention of a
good short bibilography on prints with which the
volume closes.
Particularly strong in its bibliographical appar-
atus is Mr. A. M. Hind's "Short History of Engrav-
ing and Etching'' (Houghton Mifflin & Co.). The
classified list of engravers will be found to include
various countries which have hitherto received
scant attention in general works. The index of
engravers is in itself a useful work of reference, con-
taining 2,500 names, a considerable portion of
which are of living artists, not to be found in dic-
tionaries. All carry dates, places of activity and
individual bibliography so far as known. The
book proper may fairly be called a feat of condensed
statement. It represents prodigious industry in
compilation and much skill in the swift and brief
envisaging of epoch and talents. For the conve-
nience of students and collectors of prints it is prob-
ably not too much to say that nothing quite so satis-