Excerpt from Handbook of Historic Schools of Painting<br><br>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.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.