State Normal Magazine, Vol. 15

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Excerpt from State Normal Magazine, Vol. 15: March, 1911 With these interesting views of the function of painting in mind, I turn to the Browning [picture gallery, as far as I have become acquainted with it. There are numerous subjects, some done on a magnificent scale, a few miniatures and tiny sketches, but mainly pictures of medium size. They all possess one feature in common, - the presence of a human element, sometimes made evident merely by the dominant tone of the picture, more generally by a single figure or a group of figures. There are very, very few paintings treated in detail, and these are copies or imitations of other masters. A great number of the pictures are in black and white, and there are also several in dark or neutral tones, relieved by a dash of vivid color. Some, the most impressionistic of all, are rich and glowing. And in all there is evident something beside what is merely on the surface, there is always the spirit of the picture. Two in the larger group attract attention, first for their size, - then, coming closer, their striking feature is the ominous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.