“These agreeable essays are not epoch-making—how few books are!—but they offer many a page of good reading, none the worse for being on well-worn themes.”
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Ricketts, Charles S. Art of the Prado: a survey of the contents of the gallery, together with detailed criticisms of its masterpieces and biographical sketches of the famous painters who produced them. *$2. Page.
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A finely illustrated volume which deals with the paintings of the Prado—Madrid’s famous treasure house of masterpieces. Here are found at their best the gold of Titian, the silver of Velasquez. the glow of Rubens and the magic and awe associated with Rembrandt. In what manner and to what extent these pictures are an unchallenged “congress of masterpieces” the author essays to enlighten the reader.
“He understands how to give his criticism a turn which is at once illuminating and suggestive.”
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“This is a real book, containing real opinions, which may be read with profit and pleasure by any one who cares for the serious study of art.”
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