“On the whole, Professor Addis keeps well within the safe ground of established fact, with caution to the reader when opinion is uncertain. His graphic style and ability to render a situation clear in a few words make his essay suitable for popular or general use.”
| + + − | Nation. 83: 289. O. 4, ’06. 400w. |
“We fear we cannot follow him ... in some of his critical assumptions; but yet we can recommend his book.”
| + − | Sat. R. 102: 650. N. 24, ’06. 260w. |
Addison, Julia De Wolf. Art of the Dresden gallery. (Art galleries of Europe ser.) *$2. Page.
6–42448.
This sixth volume in “The art galleries of Europe” is Miss Addison’s third contribution to the series. “In the plan it is similar to its predecessors; it consists of notes and observations upon a large number of the finest paintings, both ancient and modern, in the royal collection at Dresden, arranged in schools or grouping together the works of one or two great masters.” (Dial.)
“From beginning to end there is no evidence of any personal knowledge or understanding of the art of painting, there is no lucid explanation of its virtues, no independent analysis of the peculiar charms and merits of a master.”
| − | Acad. 72: 396. Ap. 20, ’07. 730w. | |
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 37. F. ’07. |