FAMOUS
EUROPEAN ARTISTS
BY SARAH K. BOLTON
AUTHOR OF "POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS," "GIRLS WHO BECAME
FAMOUS," "STORIES FROM LIFE," "FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS,"
"FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN," "SOCIAL STUDIES IN
ENGLAND," "FROM HEART AND NATURE,"
"FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE," ETC.
"Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away.Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live,and it is in your power."—Marcus Aurelius.
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
46 East Fourteenth Street
Copyright, 1890, by
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
C. J. PETERS & SON,
Typographers and Electrotypers,
146 High Street, Boston.
TO
MISS ELIZABETH C. BULLARD
WITH
THE APPRECIATION AND ESTEEM
OF
THE AUTHOR.
MICHAEL ANGELO.
PREFACE.
Hermann Grimm says, "Reverence for what is great is a universalfeeling.... When we look at great men, it is as if we saw a victoriousarmy, the flower of a people, marching along.... They all speak onecommon language, know nothing of castes, of noble or pariah; and he whonow or in times to come thinks or acts like them rises up to them, andis admitted into their circle."
Possibly, by reading of these great men some may be led to "think andact like them," and thus "be admitted into their circle." All of thesepossessed untiring industry and a resolute purpose to succeed. Most werepoor in early life.
S. K. B.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| Michael Angelo | 7 |
| Leonardo da Vinci | 66 |
| Raphael of Urbino | 105 |
| Titian | 155 |
| Murillo | 203 |
| Rubens | 246 |
| Rembrandt | 286 |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds | 318 |
| Sir Edwin Landseer | 367 |
| Turner | 396 |
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