A Text-Book of the History of Painting - A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke
Excerpt: The origin of painting is unknown. The first important records of this art are met with in Egypt; but before the Egyptian civilization the men of the early ages probably used color in ornamentation and decoration, and they certainly scratched the outlines of men and animals upon bone and slate. Traces of this rude primitive work still remain to us on the pottery, weapons, and stone implements of the cave-dwellers. But while indicating the awakening of intelligence in early man, they can be reckoned with as art only in a slight archæological way. They show inclination rather than accomplishment—a wish to ornament or to represent, with only a crude knowledge of how to go about it.
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Relativity: The Special and Ganeral Theory Relativity: The Special and Ganeral Theory by Albert Einstein
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Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity
Part II: The General Theory of Relativity
Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice for Blackberry (EBook Reader included!)
Sermons Preached at Brighton Sermons Preached at Brighton - Sermons Preached at Brighton by Frederick W. Robertson
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“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things
Manual of Surgery Manual of Surgery - To prolong human life and to alleviate suffering are the ultimate objects of scientific medicine
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery by A. G. Payne
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The Guardian says: “An excellent work, which should be in the hands of every housekeeper, is CASSELL’S BOOK OF THE HOUSEHOLD. Here we find the most varied information and the soundest of advice
Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) - CHAPTER I. THE GOTHS IN SPAIN.
CHAPTER II. THE SARACENS IN SPAIN.
CHAPTER III. THE MARTYRDOMS AT CORDOVA.
CHAPTER IV. FANATICISM OF THE MARTYRS.
CHAPTER V. CONTROVERSY CONCERNING THE MARTYRS.
CHAPTER VI. THE MUZARABES.
CHAPTER VII. SPAIN UNDER ABDURRAHMAN III
The Future of Islam The Future of Islam - These essays, written for the Fortnightly Review in the summer and autumn of 1881, were intended as first sketches only of a maturer work which the author hoped, before giving finally to the public, to complete at leisure, and develop in a form worthy of critical acceptance, and of the great subject he had chosen
New Tabernacle Sermons New Tabernacle Sermons - New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
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There are two sides to the character of Samson