The book Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters was written by author Hubbard Elbert Here you can read free online of Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters a good or bad book?
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This was a neighborhood of artists, and for neighbors they had .West, Mulready, Northcote, Constable, Flaxman, and our own picturesque Allston, of Cambridge, Mass. The Elgin Marbles were then kept at Burlington House, and these were a great source of inspiration to the Landseer boys. It gave them a true taste of the Grecian, and knowing a little about Greece, they wanted to know more. Greece became the theme — they talked it at breakfast, dinner, and supper. The father and mother told them all ...they knew, and guessed at a few things more, and to keep at least one lesson ahead of 455 y Google XanDseer the children the parents "crammed for examination." Edwin sketched that world-famous horse's head from the Parthenon, and the figures of horses and animals in bas- relief that formed the frieze ; and the boys figured out in their own minds why the horses and men were all the same height. Gradually it dawned upon the father and the brothers that Edwin was their master so far as drawing was concerned.
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