See for Yourself

viii, [2], 118 pp. 8vo. A discussion of ten paintings and the author's personal reaction to them, with color tipped in reproductions of each, designed to help readers develop their own artistic aesthetic. The paintings discussed are: The Betrothal of Saint Catherine by Hans Memling; St. Jerome in His Study by Antonello da Messina; The Calling of the Sons of Zebedee by Marco Basaiti; Adoration of the Magi by Velasquez; Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac by Rembrandt van Rijn; Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces by Sir Joshua Reynolds; Portrait of Chief Justice and Mrs. Oliver Ellsworth by Ralph Earl; Wivenhoe Park, Essex by John Constable; Carriage [or Carriages] at the Races by Edgar Degas; and Mrs. Frederick Mead by John Singer Sargent.