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Art for art's sake : seven university lectures on the technical beauties of painting / by John C. Van Dyke.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1898 Van
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Van Dyke, John C., 1856-1932.
Contributor:
Armstrong, Margaret, 1867-1944, Binding designer.
Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York., Former owner.
American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Painting.
Genre:
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1898.
Physical Description:
xii, 249 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Edition:
9th ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1898 [c1893]
Contents:
Art for art's sake.
Color.
Tone and light-and-shade.
Linear and aërial perspective.
Values.
Drawing and composition.
Textures, surfaces, and brush-work.
Notes:
Cover design by Margaret Armstrong.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Unsigned. Gold on dark red cloth.
Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
Cited in:
Gullans, Charles B. Margaret Armstrong and American trade bindings, 292
OCLC:
993890

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