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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Quiet Talks on Prayer Quiet Talks on Prayer - Quiet Talks on Prayer by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
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A great sorrow has come into the heart of God. Let it be told only in hushed voice—one of His worlds is a prodigal! Hush your voice yet more—ours is that prodigal world
New Tabernacle Sermons New Tabernacle Sermons -
There are two sides to the character of Samson. The one phase of his life, if followed into the particulars, would administer to the grotesque and the mirthful; but there is a phase of his character fraught with lessons of solemn and eternal import. To these graver lessons we devote our morning sermon
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Part 1/2 A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
by Jules Verne
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THE "Voyages Extraordinaires" of M. Jules Verne deserve to be made widely known in English-speaking countries by means of carefully prepared translations
How to become like Christ How to become like Christ - "But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
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A Text-Book of the History of Painting A Text-Book of the History of Painting - 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
General Science This book prepares the thoughtful reader to meet wisely and actively some of life's important problems
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Woman as Decoration Woman as Decoration - Woman as Decoration
by Emily Burbank
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Having assisted in setting the stage for woman, the next logical step is the consideration of woman, herself, as an important factor in the decorative scheme of any setting,—the vital spark to animate all interior decoration, private or public
A Comparative View of Religions A Comparative View of Religions
by Johannes Henricus Scholten
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The conception of religion presupposes, a, God as object; b, man as subject; c, the mutual relation existing between them