“Art manifests whatever is most exalted, andit manifests it to all.”—Taine
BY
Author of “Sketches of American Authors”
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
boston
New YorkChicagoSan Francisco
Copyrighted
By EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
1899.
[3]A WORD TO THE TEACHER.
The following brief sketches are presented in fear and in hope—infear lest they prove in no wise adequate for so glorious a subject; inthe hope that they may encourage not only the pupil, but the teacher,to study the lives and the works of the great artists and to makeevery possible effort to have copies of masterpieces ever before themto study and to love.
The field of art study is a wonderful one from which to draw forlanguage work. A double purpose is thus served. Interesting subjectsare secured and pupils are given a start in acquiring a knowledge ofthe beautiful that fortifies them for the sorrows and cares of life;and, what is even better, prevents their own life from beingcommonplace.
Would the teacher wish to study further, a list of valuable referencebooks is appended to each sketch, any one of which will greatly assistin acquiring a more extended knowledge of the subject.
In the study of an artist, take care to have a liberal supply ofreproductions of his pictures at hand. These may be photographs,half-tones, like the illustrations in this book, or engravings. Goodwork cannot be done without such pictures.
Above all, work to cultivate a love for good pictures, not to fillyoung minds with uninspiring facts.
J. E. K.
[5]RAPHAEL SANTI
“THE PERFECT ARTIST, THE PERFECT MAN.”
We are about to study Raphael, the most generally praised, the mostbeautiful, and certainly the most loved of all the painters of theworld. When all these delightful things can be truthfully said of oneman, surely we may look forward with pleasure to a detailed study ofhis life and works.
Often in examining the lives of great men we are compelled to passover some events which, to say the