The book is a wonderful resource and insight into the way artists think and work.

This unique and extraordinarily rich collection of writings offers a thematic approach to understanding the various theories of art that illumined the direction of nineteenth-century artists as diverse as Tommaso Minardi and Georges Seurat.

"Designed to help the student develop a comprehensive view of art, this book moves from the analytic study of specific works to a consideration of broad principles and technical matters.

Catalog for touring exhibition. Held in New York, May 31-Sept. 5, 1961, Detroit , Oct. 18-Dec. 19, 1961, and Los Angeles, Jan. 14-Feb 19, 1962.