BY PROFESSOR JOHN C. VAN DYKE 



Art for Art's Sake 



Seven University Lectures on the 

 Technical Beauties of Painting 



With 24 reproductions of representative 

 paintings, lamo, $1.50 



One of the best books on art that has ever been 

 published in this country." Boston Transcript. 



"We consider it the best treatise on the technic of 

 painting for general readers." The Nation. 



" Mr. Van Dyke is very good reading indeed, and 

 withal remarkably clear and precise in explaining much 

 that shapes itself but hazily in the brain of those interested 

 in art." London Spectator. 



" I do not know that there is a book in English from 

 which one ctn learn more of what pictures are and why 

 they are admired." DR. TALCOTT WILLIAMS. 



" Has all the recommendations that are to be looked 

 for in essays of the kind. They take a broad survey, 

 they deal with the points that it is worth while to know 

 about, they are perfectly lucid, and they are very charm- 

 ing in their literary art." New York Sun. 



"Temperate and appreciative." Atlantic Monthly. 



" Written in an easy, entertaining style." 



New York Tribune. 



