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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Period 18th century

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Subject Terms Painting -- History.

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1. A critical essay on oil-painting; proving that the art of painting in oil was known before the pretended discovery of John and Hubert van Eyck; to which are added, Theophilus De arte pingendi, Eraclius De artibus Romanorum. And a review of Farinator's Lumen anima︠e︡, by R.E. Raspe ...

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Creator:
Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794
Date:
1781
Physical Description:
vii, 148 p. 1 plate. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. An historical essay on the original of painting. Wherein is exhibited: I. Some probabilities and pretentions to its invention before the flood. II. Its commencement again after the flood, and its progress through several nations to the time of Cimabue, an. 1276. By Henry Bell ...

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Creator:
Bell, Henry, 1647–1711
Date:
1728
Physical Description:
2 p.., 138, [3] p. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures.

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Creator:
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Date:
1797-1803
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts