A Text-Book of the History of Painting - A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke
Excerpt: The origin of painting is unknown. The first important records of this art are met with in Egypt; but before the Egyptian civilization the men of the early ages probably used color in ornamentation and decoration, and they certainly scratched the outlines of men and animals upon bone and slate. Traces of this rude primitive work still remain to us on the pottery, weapons, and stone implements of the cave-dwellers. But while indicating the awakening of intelligence in early man, they can be reckoned with as art only in a slight archæological way. They show inclination rather than accomplishment—a wish to ornament or to represent, with only a crude knowledge of how to go about it.
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Handwork in Wood Handwork in Wood - Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
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This book is intended primarily for teachers of woodwork, but the author hopes that there will also be other workers in wood, professional and amateur, who will find in it matter of interest and profit
Chess Guide Chess Guide- ideal Chess quick-study guide. The Chess covers the basic pieces of chess, before going on to some more advanced topics. FREE Playing The Game chapter in the trial version.
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Best-Selling College Survival Quick Study Guides Collection - Math, Science, Humanities, and more Best-Selling College Survival Quick Study Guides Collection - Math, Science, Humanities, and more-
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100th Day of School 100th Day of School -
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The Art of Making Whiskey The Art of Making Whiskey - The most usual drink in the United States, is whiskey; other spirituous liquors, such as peach and apple brandy, are only secondary, and from their high price and their scarcity, they are not sufficient for the wants of an already immense and increasing population
The Art of War The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
Excerpt:
1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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The Iliad The Iliad
by Homer
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Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism
Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther
by Martin Luther
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Martin Luther died on the 18th of February, 1546, and the first publication of his “Table Talk”—Tischreden—by his friend, Johann Goldschmid (Aurifaber), was in 1566, in a substantial folio
How to become like Christ How to become like Christ - "But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
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An Open Letter on Translating An Open Letter on Translating - The wise Solomon says in Proverbs 11: "The people who withhold grain curse him. But there is a blessing on those who sell it." This verse speaks truly concerning all that can serve the common good or the well-being of Christendom
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Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period
by Paul Lacroix
Excerpt:
he several successive editions of "The Arts of the Middle Ages and Period of the Renaissance" sufficiently testify to its appreciation by the public