Wonders of Italian Art

Abstract

IF photographs were not children of the sun, and if artists were not sometimes—like Leonardo da Vinci—men of science, and would always work the better for a knowledge of it, and if scientific men were not among those who can most highly appreciate works of art, this book would hardly come within our programme. It is a beautiful book, full of beautiful photographs and engravings of the best and most typical pictures of the Italian school, and one altogether refreshing to look upon. We should also add, that it is translated from the “Bibliothèque des Merveilles,” which contains so many works on science.

Wonders of Italian Art.—

By Louis Viardot. Small 8vo. Pp. 257. Illustrated with photographs and engravings. (Sampson Low & Co.)