Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists
Elbert Hubbard
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Oct. 16, 2018)
Excerpt from Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent ArtistsIn Leonardo's Treatise on Painting, only one contempo rary is named - Sandro Botticelli. The Pagan and Christian world mingle in the work of Botticelli; but the man himself belonged to an age that is past and gone - an age that flourished long before men recorded history. His best efforts seem to spring out of a heart that forgot all precedent, and arose, Venus-like, perfect and complete, from the unfathom.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.