. Little journeys to homes of great scientists ... able ArtPublication everpresented in Amer-ica, because it com-bines the greatestbeauty of repro-duction with theminimum of cost. OQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrimmmi -ytf^HE collection consists of fifty pictures (miniature suggestions of one^w^ is here given) and represents, by a new and secret process, the finestworks of the worlds most famous painters in the wonderful art periodbetween 1400 and 1800. Each photo-mezzotint is 15x20 inches, and is accompanied by a page ofcritical notes by Sir Martin Conway, Slade Professor of Art, Cambridg
. Little journeys to homes of great scientists ... able ArtPublication everpresented in Amer-ica, because it com-bines the greatestbeauty of repro-duction with theminimum of cost. OQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrimmmi -ytf^HE collection consists of fifty pictures (miniature suggestions of one^w^ is here given) and represents, by a new and secret process, the finestworks of the worlds most famous painters in the wonderful art periodbetween 1400 and 1800. Each photo-mezzotint is 15x20 inches, and is accompanied by a page ofcritical notes by Sir Martin Conway, Slade Professor of Art, CambridgeUniversity. When it was issued in Europe this work caused amazement in art circles;it seemed incredible that such exquisite beauty and fidelity of repro-ductive tone could by any process be executed and delivered to thepublic so inexpensively. If it astonished the critical it delighted art lovers in solved the problem how to enrich the home with the refining gracesof true art on terms that are within the means of the most careful pur-. chajjer. Q And yet the pictures are worthy a distinguished place in the colrection of the most discriminating connoisseur. For the first time in the history of art a collection of masterpieces is open to the possession of persons of taste and refinement who are not millionaires. A member of the Royal Academy, London, said of this group of Masterpieces: In this age, when so many inartistic pictures are constantly appearing, this series comes as a boon to mankind, and should mean the dethronement of the hideous productions which so long have occupied a place on our walls. That is the Mission of True Art These pictures give you an intimate knowledge of the great paintings that have been for centuries the inspiration of genius and the spring of culture. A home without the ennobling influence of art is without one of the greatest benefactors of intelligent society. The photo-mezzotint is superior to the best etching or engraving. The secre
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