audiobook A Treatise On Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci in Arts-Photography

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The aim of this book is to present a complete and entertaining account of Grecian and Roman mythology in such a manner that the student will appreciate its great influence upon literature and art.These myths; an inexhaustible fund of inspiration for the poets and artists of the past; have also inspired many noted modern works. The better to impress this fact upon the student; appropriate quotations from the poetical writings of all ages; from Hesiodrsquo;s ldquo;Works and Days;rdquo; to Tennysonrsquo;s ldquo;Oenone;rdquo; have been inserted in the text; while reproductions of ancient masterpieces and noted examples of modern painting and sculpture are plentifully used as illustrations.The myths are told as graphically and accurately as possible; great care being taken; however; to avoid the more repulsive features of heathen mythology; and when two or more versions of the same myth occur; the preference has invariably been given to the most popular; that is to say; to the one which has inspired the greatest works.