Excerpt from Great Schools of Painting: A First Book of European Art<br><br>My purpose is essentially practical, and this fact has guided my decisions. The book is an attempt to help children, and perhaps others, over the initial difficulties Of art which is not Of their own day. It is addressed to a stage Of development at which the picture, as an illustration, makes an appeal which the picture as a work Of technical skill cannot.<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.