BY PROFESSOR JOHN C. VAN DYKE 



Art for Art's Sake 



Seven University Lectures on the 

 Technical Beauties of Painting 



^A^ith 24 reproductions of representative 

 paintings. i2mo, $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 can 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. 



