Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Handbook of Historic Schools of Painting
At the close of the book will be found a list of the emblems by which different saints and other characters in devotional paintings by the old masters may be recognized, the significance of colors as used by them, definitions of technical terms used in painting, and a full index of artists' names, together with their proper pronunciation.
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