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At the Metropolitan Museum of Art are two pictures by the Florentine painter of the fifteenth century called Piero di Cosimo. They represent hunting scenes, and the figures are those of men, women, fauns, satyrs, centaurs, and beasts of the forests, fiercely struggling together. As we observe the lion fastening his teeth in the flesh of the boar, the bear grappling with his human slayer, and the energy and determination of the creatures at bay, our thought involuntarily bridges a chasm of four centuries and calls up the image of the Barye bronzes in which are displayed the same detachment of vision, the same absence. | Past and Present by Elisabeth Luther Cary 1 Past and Present by Elisabeth Luther Cary Project Gutenberg s Artists Past and Present by Elisabeth Luther Cary This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Artists Past and Present Random Studies Author Elisabeth Luther Cary Release Date April 10 2010 EBook 31940 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARTISTS PAST AND PRESENT Produced by Suzanne Shell Susan T. Morin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. See Transcriber s Notes at end of text. ARTISTS PAST AND PRESENT By the Same Author Past and Present by Elisabeth Luther Cary 2 The Works of James McNeill Whistler. Illustrated with Many Reproductions of Etchings Lithographs Pastels and Paintings 6-3 4 X 9-1 4 Inches. Boxed Net. Postage 32 cents. A study of Whistler and his works including etchings lithographs pastels water-colors paintings landscapes. Also a chapter on Whistler s Theory of Art. The Edition de Luxe. The Limited Edition of the Above Work Illustrated with Additional Examples on Japan and India Paper. Printed on Van Gelder Hand-made Paper with Wide Margins. Limited to 250 Numbered and Signed Copies of which a few are left unsold. Boxed Net. Postage Extra. The Art of William Blake. Uniquely and Elaborately Illustrated. Size 7-1 2 X 10-1 2 Inches. Wide Margins. Boxed Net. Postage 25 cents. A volume of great distinction discussing the art of Blake in several unusual phases and dwelling importantly upon his Manuscript Sketch Book to which the author has had free access and from which the publishers have drawn freely for illustrations many of which