{"product_id":"2940014973298","title":"GREAT ARTISTS, Volume I","description":"A WORD TO THE TEACHER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe following brief sketches are presented in fear and in hope--in\u003cbr\u003efear lest they prove in no wise adequate for so glorious a subject; in\u003cbr\u003ethe hope that they may encourage not only the pupil, but the teacher,\u003cbr\u003eto study the lives and the works of the great artists and to make\u003cbr\u003eevery possible effort to have copies of masterpieces ever before them\u003cbr\u003eto study and to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe field of art study is a wonderful one from which to draw for\u003cbr\u003elanguage work. A double purpose is thus served. Interesting subjects\u003cbr\u003eare secured and pupils are given a start in acquiring a knowledge of\u003cbr\u003ethe beautiful that fortifies them for the sorrows and cares of life;\u003cbr\u003eand, what is even better, prevents their own life from being\u003cbr\u003ecommonplace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWould the teacher wish to study further, a list of valuable reference\u003cbr\u003ebooks is appended to each sketch, any one of which will greatly assist\u003cbr\u003ein acquiring a more extended knowledge of the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the study of an artist, take care to have a liberal supply of\u003cbr\u003ereproductions of his pictures at hand. These may be photographs,\u003cbr\u003ehalf-tones, like the illustrations in this book, or engravings. Good\u003cbr\u003ework cannot be done without such pictures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbove all, work to cultivate a love for good pictures, not to fill\u003cbr\u003eyoung minds with uninspiring facts.      J. E. K.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: SISTINE MADONNA.      _Raphael._]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRAPHAEL SANTI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"THE PERFECT ARTIST, THE PERFECT MAN.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are about to study Raphael, the most generally praised, the most\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful, and certainly the most loved of all the painters of the\u003cbr\u003eworld. When all these delightful things can be truthfully said of one\u003cbr\u003eman, surely we may look forward with pleasure to a detailed study of\u003cbr\u003ehis life and works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften in examining the lives of great men we are compelled to pass\u003cbr\u003eover some events which, to say the least, are not creditable. Of\u003cbr\u003eRaphael this was not true. He was gifted with all admirable qualities,\u003cbr\u003eand so many-sided was his genius that, while we think of him first as\u003cbr\u003ea painter, we must not forget that he also carved statues, wrote\u003cbr\u003epoems, played musical instruments, and planned great buildings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo much was he endeared to his pupils that, after he grew to be\u003cbr\u003efamous, he never went on the streets unless he was followed by an\u003cbr\u003eadmiring throng of these students, ever ready to do his bidding or to\u003cbr\u003edefend his art from any possible attack by malicious critics. He lived\u003cbr\u003eat a time when artists were fiercely jealous of each other, and yet\u003cbr\u003ewherever he went harmony, like a good angel, walked unseen beside him,\u003cbr\u003emaking whatever assembly he entered the abode of peace and good-will.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a beautiful thing that such a strong, lovable man should have\u003cbr\u003ehad for his name that of the chief of the archangels, Raphael, a name\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful of sound and ever suggestive of beauty and loveliness.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070866178288,"sku":"2940014973298","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014973298","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}