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Art Studies: The Old Masters Of Italy, Painting
Art Studies The Old Masters Of Italy Painting Author:James Jackson Jarves General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1861 Original Publisher: Derby and Jackson Subjects: Painting Painting, Italian Art / General Art / History / General Art / European Art / History / Renaissance Art / Individual Artist Art / Techniques / Painting Art / Techniques / General Notes: This is ... more »a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: AUTHENTICITY. 33 PART III. Authenticity, its Naturand Importance. Two Methods of Investigation. What is requisite for Nice Judgment. Pitfalls of Amateurs in Europe. Artifices, Trickery, and Fraud in Picture-dealing. Aneedotes of Prizes, Prices, and Collectors. Documentary Evidence. Fabrication, Falsification, and Repetitions of Originals. Uncertainty in regard to Early Masters. Fresco Painting. Difficulties of Collectors. Italian Legislation and Prohibitions. Revived Taste for F, arly Art. Restoration. Character of Local Criticism. Old Masters in America. Right Feeling for Art. There is another branch of Criticism, beside that which may be said to relate to the character of art. It inquires into the origin, epoch, schools, and genealogy; and may be considered under the general term, Authenticity. Not even with coin has forgery been more prolific and audacious than with art in general, the supply of imitable objects being always kept upon a level with the giratory demand of fashion. Hence, the authenticity of works of art becomes of primary consideration, and the mode of investigation, and means by which they are tested, a special study. This sort of criticism subdivides into two varieties : viz., the technical method, and that which is founded upon a keen sympathy and appreciation of the motives and character of an artist. The former relies upon external evid...« less