Download or read book Famous Paintings as Seen and Described by Famous Writers (Classic Reprint) written by Esther Singleton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Famous Paintings as Seen and Described by Famous Writers It will be interesting to the student to compare them with Murillo's, Correggio's, and Ribera's Holy Families. It will also be interesting to consider the different treatment that Raphael and Carpaccio give the ever popular legend of St. George and the Dragon. I have generally selected authors who are not only com petent to speak with authority, but who describe interest ingly, the pictures and the artists who made them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.