Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of Music and Art in Illinois, Including Portraits and Biographies of the Cultured Men and Women Who Have Been Liberal Patrons of the Higher Arts
The progress of art in a community mav be considered, to a certain ex tent, the gauge of its prosperity, for its growth is absolutely dependent upon wealth and culture.
Some one has said that the golden age of painting lies in the Christian centuries, yet the history of painting is linked with that of the pyramids. The history of art is one of the most fascinating ever written. The changes in ideals with the years, the many varied conceptions of colors and their uses, the different standards which have prevailed, are indisputable testimony as to the times and peoples they represent.
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