Excerpt from The Appeal of the Picture: An Examination of the Principles in Picture-Making<br><br>It is from both these classes that picture-makers come, and it is to both that this book is offered in the hope that its arguments will prove profitable. Should it come to the hands of the professional and experienced painter, he will possibly find little in its pages that he does not already know; but even to him there may be the advantage of seeing old ideas again presented and a few new ones tested by examination.<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.