it one of the most useful and practical manuals of art ever published. FAURE, ELLE. History of Art. 4 vols. Harper. 1921. The author is the greatest critic of art living in France today. His presentation of the history of art is made from an entirely new viewpoint and is as interesting as it is novel. Faure's history is the development of man as revealed by art. The work is subjective rather than objective. It covers Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern art. The history presupposes a good foundation knowledge of art on the part of the reader. It is history for advanced students. CROWE, J. A. 1825-96 and G. B. CAVALCASELLE. 1820-1897. History of Painting in Italy from the 2nd to the 16th Centuries. 6 vols. Scribner. 3 vols. Dutton. 1903-11. History of Painting in Northern Italy. 3 vols. Scribner. 1913. This is the greatest history of Italian painting that has ever been written. The first work covers the history of painting in Southern Italy from the second to the sixteenth century. It is supplemented by the second title which covers Northern Italy. Smaller Histories of Art Among the smaller histories of art there is one important series divided according to country. It is the only series of its kind. It resembles Faure's history, mentioned above, in that it treats of national characteristics as reflected in art as well as of the development of art itself. Such histories are in the nature of sociological studies, taking into account geography, climate, religion, and history. ART UNA SERIES. General History of Art. 6 vols. (9 vols. more in preparation.) Scribner. Art in Great Britain and Ireland. Art in Northern Italy. Art in France. Art in Egypt. Art in Flanders. Art in Spain and Portugal. BROWNELL, WILLIAM CRARY. 1851-. This eminent American critic in an earlier work, "French Traits," gave us a subtle analysis of Gallic characteristics and proved his fitness to write of French art as an expression of French character. The book dwells largely on recent art, including painting and sculpture. BULLEY, MARGARET H. Ancient and Medieval Art. Macmillan. 1914. CAFFIN, CHARLES H. 1854-. The Story of Dutch Painting. Century. 1909. A complete history of art and artists in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and .Iceland. It contains 375 illustrations, and is the only history we have that covers the work of Kroyer, Lillumsen, Burgh, Larsson, Prince Eugene of Sweden, Hans Gude, Diriks, Munthe, Liljefors, and Stephen Sinding. RUSKIN, JOHN.. 1819-1900. Modern Painters. 4 vols. Dutton, Everyman's. 1907. This is the first of 80 works by the same author. Ruskin was an art reformer and revolutionized art criticism. He wrote with poetic fervor and mingled with his art criticisms many social, political, and ethical theories. "Modern Painters" touches a variety of subjects. It contains Ruskin's impassioned eulogy of Turner, his championship of the Pre-Raphaelites, and his famous theory of the pathetic fallacy. books to each of the leading art galleries in Europe. WARD, JAMES. 1851-. History and Methods of Ancient and Modern Painting. 4 vols. Dutton. 1917. Famous Schools of Painters Painters have more frequently than any other artists banded together into a school in order the better to promulgate certain ideas and theories which they have held in regard to art. The Pre-Raphaelites formed themselves into a brotherhood in 1848 and sought to return to the simplicity and sincerity of Italian painters before Raphael. Their work is especially marked by mystic and religious sentiment. The Barbizon school is the most important group of landscape painters in the history of art. They lived at Barbizon on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau and their chief tenet was to study directly from nature and to make their painting express a mood of the artist. Symonds did an even better piece of work in his life of Cellini than in his life of Michael Angelo. His translation of the autobiography is one of the finest translations ever made and led to the work's being more widely recognized as the greatest autobiography in any literature. CORREGGIO, ANTONIO. 1494-1534. Correggio by T. Sturge Moore. Scribner, Library of Art. 1906. GAUGUIN, PAUL. 1848-1903. Paul Gauguin: His Life and Art by John Gould Fletcher. Brown. 1921. It will be remembered that "The Moon and Sixpence" by Somerset Maugham, Doran, is a novel based on the life story of Paul Gauguin. He was a pioneer of the post-Impressionist movement who abandoned civilization and went to Tahiti to live. "Noa Noa" by Gauguin (Brown) is an account of his life in the South Seas. GIOTTO. 1276-1336. Giotto by Basil de Selincourt. Scribner, Library of Art. 1905. Giotto was the biographer in paint of Saint Francis of Assisi. He was the first of the Italians to abandon the Byzantine manner of stiff wooden figures. His frescoes contain lifelike figures with graceful drapery. RODIN, AUGUST. 1840-. Rodin: The Man and His Art by Judith Cladel. Century. 1917. Together with Leaves from Rodin's Note Books. WHISTLER, JAMES MCNEILL. 1834-1903. The Life of James McNeill Whistler by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell. Lippincott. 1911. The Whistler Journal by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell. Lippincott. 1921. Collective Biography VASARI, GIORGIO. 1512-1574. Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Edited and Annotated by E. H. and E. W. Blashfield and A. A. Hopkins. 4 vols. Scribner. 1897. Vasari is the source of most of the facts that we have of the lives of the early Italian painters. He was himself an artist of minor importance, and the contemporary of Michael Angelo and DaVinci. Vasari was acquainted with all the artists of his time and was well qualified to write both of their lives and of their talent. He was a great lover of gossip and repeated so many idle stories for which there was no foundation of truth that he is not very reliable as an historian. Vasari, however, is the starting point for all biographers of Italian painters. His work belongs to liter ature as well as to history. There have been many translations of Vasari's "Lives." The Blashfield translation is the leading one. The introductory essay to Vasari's Lives is an essay on Technique which has been translated separately by L. S. Maclehose (Dutton). See Duffield's Art and Letters' Library for Selections from Vasari's Lives. BERENSON, BERNARD. 1865-. Venetian Painters of the Renaissance. Putnam. 1894. Central Italian Painters of the Rennaissance. Putnam. 1897. Study and Criticism of Italian Art. 3 vols. Harcourt, Bell. 1902. Northern Italian Painters of the Rennaissance. Putnam. 1907. Florentine Painters of the Renaissance. Putnam. 1909. As the historian of the Italian Renaissance, Berenson borrowed facts but not opinions from Vasari. Berenson is one of the best critics art has ever had. He writes well, his thought is original, and he is not too technical for the unprofessional reader. Cox, KENYON. 1856-1919. Old Masters and New. Duffield. 1905. JAMESON, ANNA. 1794-1860. Memoirs of the Early Italian Painters. Houghton. 1859-. to Mrs. Jameson was the first writer awaken the British public to an interest in Italian art. Her books led the way to the popular descriptive books written about painters and paintings since her day. This book of hers is practically a rewriting of Vasari in modern form. HUNEKER, JAMES. 1860-1921. Promenades of an Impressionist. Scribner. 1910. Essays on Cezanne, Rops, Rodin, Carriere, Degas, Botticelli, Chardin, Manet, Gauguin, and others. How to Look at a Picture Some years ago William Morris started a movement to improve the art taste of the general public. He began with wall papers, picture frames, and Morris chairs, and went on until his efforts culminated in the Kelmscott Press. Morris not only revolutionized interior decoration, he attracted the attention of the public to Art, and especially to painting. Following Morris's success came a flood of books to meet the demand for more information about pictures. Kipling sang in travesty of the popular demand, "It is pretty but is it Art?" and the following writers tell us what art is and how to like the best in art. CAFFIN, CHARLES H. 1854-. How to Study Pictures. Century. 1905. How to Study Architecture. Dodd. 1917. JAMESON, ANNA. 1794-1860. Legends of the Madonna. Houghton. 1857. Sacred and Legendary Art. 2 vols. Hough ton. 1857. TURNER, PERCY MOORE. Appreciation of Painting. Scribner. 1921. VANDYKE, JOHN C. 1856-. Art for Art's Sake. Scribner. 1893. Essays on Abstract Theories in Art The New Laokoon. Houghton. 1910. This is an essay on the confusion of the arts. It is a modern treatment of the same theme discussed by Lessing in his famous Laokoon. LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM. 1729-1781. This famous essay revolutionized literary taste in Germany. It is an essay on the limits of painting and poetry, a contribution to esthetics as well as to literature. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. The Significance of the Fine Arts by various contributors. Jones. 1923. 1903. NOYES, CARLETON E. 1872. The Enjoyment of Art. Houghton. The Gate of Appreciation. Houghton. 1907. These two books have been very influential and have done more for a right appreciation of art and an intelligent enjoyment of it than all the books in the "How to Look at a Picture" group. They are beautifully written, rich in memorable phrases, and sound in thought. Books on Special Kinds of Painting BLASHFIELD, EDWIN H. 1848-. Mural Painting in America. Scribner. 1913. The only book on the subject by a mural painter. It is a valuable discussion of the work of Maxfield Parrish, John S. Sargent, Edwin Abbey, and Puvis de Chavannes as seen in American buildings. The latter written with Richard B. Spiers. Both are finely illustrated. BROWNE, EDITH A. 1874-. Great Buildings and How to Enjoy Them. 5 vols. Macmillan. 1912. Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, Gothic, Greek, Norman, and Romanesque. A very popular and comprehensive work giving examples of every style of foreign architecture. CUMMINGS, CHARLES A. 1833-1905. History of Architecture in Italy. 2 vols. Houghton. 1901. DITCHFIELD, PETER H. 1854-. The Cathedrals of Great Britain. Dutton. 1916. An illustrated guide to their history and architecture. Gives also the monuments and who are buried there. FLETCHER, BANISTER. 1866-. A History of Architecture in the Comparative Method. Scribner. 1921. This is the sixth edition, rewritten and enlarged, of the best general history of architecture that has ever been published. It contains 3,500 illustrations within 900 pages. The comparative method contrasts the development of architecture in classic, renaissance, and modern times, taking into account geography, geology, climate, and all else that affects it. BOND, C. H. The Character and Development of Gothic Architecture. Macmillan. The Character of Renaissance Architecture. Macmillan. HAMLIN, A. D. F. 1855-. Architecture. Longmans, College Histories of Art. 1909. History of Ornament. Century. 1916. HAMLIN, TALBOT FAULKNER. The Enjoyment of Architecture. Scribner. 1916. RUSKIN, JOHN. 1819-1900. Seven Lamps of Architecture. Dutton, Stones of Venice. 3 vols. Dutton, Everyman's. 1851-53. The "Seven Lamps" are sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, and obedience. The second volume deals with Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture in Venice. Questions 1. What are the four most extensive series of art illustrations of great masters? 2. Name two books descriptive of famous pictures abroad. 3. Who wrote a Life of Christ in art? 4. Compare Bryan's Dictionary of Painters with Champlin's Cyclopedia. 5. What is the best book on architectural terms? 6. What is the best popular manual of art for a beginner? 7. Name four histories of art to cover Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Contemporary. 8. Among smaller histories of art name two on French painting. 9. Which is the greatest history of Italian painting ever written? 10. What has been written on art in America by VanDyke? II. Name a book on Swedish and Norwegian art. 12. What series gives the history of art of different nations? 13. Who translated the sonnets of Michael Angelo? 14. What artist was the original of "The Moon and Sixpence"? 15. Name a biography of Whistler? 16. What artists wrote their autobiographies? S Best Sellers During August Best Seller List From October IGNS of fall as unmistakable as the withered leaf and the oyster stew are the changes in the best seller list. July (for the most part) patiently recorded the best sellers of June, May, April, but August is brisk and orginal. Harold Bell Wright's "The Mine With the Iron Door" published July 27, James Oliver Curwood's "The Alaskan," published August 1, and Gene StrattonPorter's, "The White Flag," published August 17 hold the first three places. "Black Oxen" which held stubbornly to the first place thru the spring, has retreated only as far as the fourth place. In the realm of nonfiction there is less change. "The Life of Christ" holds first place for the fifth consecutive month, "Diet and Health," "Etiquette" and "The Mind in the Making," are all perfectly at home in their important positions. The only newcomers are Gamaliel Bradford's "Damaged Souls" and Havelock Ellis's "Dance of Life." FICTION The Mine With the Iron Door. By Harold Bell Wright. Appleton. The Alaskan. By James Oliver Curwood. Cosmopolitan. The White Flag. By Gene Stratton-Porter. Doubleday. Black Oxen. By Gertrude Atherton. Boni. Flaming Youth. By Warner Fabian. Boni. The Hawkeye. By Herbert Quick. Bobbs. His Children's Children. By Arthur Train. Scribner. North of 36. By Emerson Hough. Appleton. The Desert Healer. By Edith M. Hull. Small. The Middle of the Road. By Philip Gibbs. Doran. One of Ours. By Willa Cather. Knopf. The Sea-Hawk. By Rafael Sabatini. Houghton. GENERAL LITERATURE The Life of Christ. By Giovanna Papini. Harcourt. Diet and Health. By Lulu Hunt Peters. Rielly & Lee. Etiquette. By Emily Post. Funk. The Mind in the Making. By James Harvey Robinson. Harper. Life and Letters of Walter H. Page. By Burton J. Hendrik. Doubleday. A Man from Maine. By Edward Bok. Scrib ner. Damaged Souls. By Gamaliel Bradford. Houghton. Outline of Literature. By John Drinkwater. Putnam. Boston Cooking School Book. By Fannie M. Farmer. Little, Brown. Outline of History. By H. G. Wells. Macmillan. Americanization of Edward Bok. By Edward Bok. Scribner. The Dance of Life. By Havelock Ellis. Houghton. Burrows to Open New Branch of the Burrows Bros Co., Cleveland, is NE of the biggest events in the history the opening of a second branch store. A duplicate of the lines stocked at the main down town store, including books, stationery and office supplies will be carried at this new store which will be opened about October first. The trend of the growth in Cleveland is steadily to the eastward, and the Burrows' organization has kept pace with this progress toward the east. In March, 1922, the first branch was opened four blocks east of the main store, in the midst of an entirely new business and theatrical district. This second branch will be located about five miles east, in the fast growing neighborhood at East One hundred and fifth Street and Euclid Avenue. It will have a frontage of eighteen feet and a depth of one hundred feet, the space having been leased for a period of ten years. Harry Hassing, in charge of the first branch since its opening, will assume leadership of this new enterprise. His brother, Stephen B. Hassing, now active at the main store, will be in charge of the first branch. Authors You Have Met Little Jack Horner He pulled out a clipping That called his book "gripping" And said, "What a big boy am I!" -KEITH PRESTON in Chicago Daily News. |