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Title: The meaning of pictures

Six lectures given for Columbia University at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Author: John C. Van Dyke

Release date: January 2, 2024 [eBook #72598]
Most recently updated: October 10, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903

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BOOKS BY PROF. JOHN C. VAN DYKE
Art for Art’s Sake. University Lectures on the Technical Beauties of Painting. With 24 Illustrations. 12mo $1.50
 
The Meaning of Pictures. University Lectures at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. With 31 Illustrations. 12mo net $1.25
 
Studies in Pictures. An Introduction to the Famous Galleries. With 40 Illustrations. 12mo net $1.25
 
What is Art? Studies in the Technique and Criticism of Painting. 12mo net $1.00
 
Text Book of the History of Painting. With 110 Illustrations. 12mo $1.50
 
Old Dutch and Flemish Masters. With Timothy Cole’s Wood-Engravings. Superroyal 8vo $7.50
 
Old English Masters. With Timothy Cole’s Wood-Engravings. Superroyal 8vo $8.00
 
Modern French Masters. Written by American Artists and Edited by Prof. Van Dyke. With 66 Full-page Illustrations. Superroyal 8vo $10.00
 
Nature for Its Own Sake. First Studies in Natural Appearances. With Portrait. 12mo $1.50
 
The Desert. Further Studies in Natural Appearances. With Frontispiece. 12mo net $1.25
 
The Opal Sea. Continued Studies in Impressions and Appearances. With Frontispiece. 12mo net $1.25
 
The Money God. Chapters of Heresy and Dissent concerning Business Methods and Mercenary Ideals in American Life. 12mo net $1.00
 
The New New York. A Commentary on the Place and the People. With 125 Illustrations by Joseph Pennell net $4.00

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THE MEANING OF PICTURES

SIX LECTURES GIVEN FOR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
AT THE METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART
BY
JOHN C. VAN DYKE
AUTHOR OF “ART FOR ART’S SAKE,” “NATURE FOR ITS OWN SAKE,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1911

Copyright, 1908, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
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Published, February, 1908

 


To
WILLIAM CRARY BROWNELL