Mrs. Charles Heaton sC oncise History of Painting was pubH shed, the labours of art-scholars have been very extensive and searching, and the mode and temper of art criticism have greatly changed. Nevertheless, this book, as it left the hand of its authoress, remains still the most readable and comprehensive of all short histories of Painting. It has been my aim in the present edition not to impair its precious quality of readbleness, and to increase its comprehensiveness by adding notices of many artists whose exclusion would, at the present date, mar its value as a text-book. To effect the latter object without forfeiting the title of concise, it has been necessary to reduce the original text by the excision of such passages as appeared redundant or least valuable. Otherwise the present edition differs from the first mainly in the following respects. Dates and other matters of fact have been revised throughout. The notices of Claude and the Poussins have been transferred from the Italian to the French School. These and the notices of several other painters have been re-written, and notes throughout the book have been added. The chapter on The Last Efforts andE xtinction of Painting in Italy (B ook iv., chap. 5) has been re-written, and a concluding note on theE nglish School, and Chronological lists of the painters of each country have been added. With the exceptions of the chapter, note, and lists mentioned in the preceding sentence, and of alterations of date and other slight changes, all new or re-written matter will be found included within square brackets [].
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