New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Pantheon Books, c1945.

xii, 499 p. : il. byn ; 21 cm.

Introduction. -- The fourteenth century. - Cennino Cennini, ca. 1372-? -- The fifteenth century. -- The early sixteenth century. -- The later sixteenth century. -- The seventeenth century. -- The eighth century. -- Neo-Classicism and Romanticism. -- Realism and Impressionism. -- Post-Impressionism and symbolism. -- The twentieth century.-- Sources. -- Acknowledgments. -- Index. --

Tomado de la introdution "The contemporary artist, asked to write about his art, hesitates. The tradition of verbal shyness handed down to him by his craft has been reinforced by his own experience, and he will tell you that “explanations” rarely explain. His work, the best part of him, is there to speak for itself; those who do not understand its language tongue of words – even were this really possible. And besides the artist does not willingly enter into what, for him, must be a passionate discussion before a hostile, or at best objective, audience. He mixes pride with diffidence and allows himself to be sure that in the long run the merit of his work will win its own recognition. Without doubt many an artist of the past has felt the same way about addressing the public. His chief business has always been the making of his art. Nevertheless, he has written and talked a great deal about it – about what painting and sculpture, painters and sculptors are and should be."

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