Giotto and Some of His Followers, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Osvald Sirén

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ISBN 10 : 0282327584 ISBN 13 : 9780282327583

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Giotto and Some of His Followers

The incentive came to me in the following way. One day in December, 1915, I lunched with two of the professors of the Fine Arts Department at the Harvard Club in Boston. I was much im pressed by the splendid and exhaustive teaching carried on by the professors of the Department, whereas at home I was so unfortunate as to be single-handed. The only thing I could say on my own be half was that I had been lecturing on Giotto and his followers. But this was enough. My friends' enthusiasm and appreciation for any efforts in the field of the History of Art seemed at once to attach a peculiar importance to those tedious lectures; and when they heard that I had some of my notes with me, they expressed a desire that I should give some of the same lectures at Harvard. The proposal was a surprise to me, but there was something tempting about it for it afforded me an opportunity for a longer stay at the leading university in America, where the study of the History of Art had become particularly well founded. I did not perhaps at first realize my own incapacity as deeply as I ought to have. At any rate, pre liminaries were soon discussed more in detail and the very serious difficulty involved in my insufficient command of the English lan guage was disposed of when my friends promised they would find me some secretary or collaborator who would be able to answer for the linguistic side of the endeavor. It may be said at once that this promise was carried out in the most splendid way when they secured Mr. Frederic Schenck, at that time Instructor in the English De partment at Harvard, to assist me in the writing of my lectures in English.

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Fine Arts Department at Harvard University. Had I been left alone with my material (collected during many years) it would have remained a burden to me rather than an incentive to a book. I should hardly ever have felt the happy surprise I now feel when I see the book almost completed, though I still cannot help regretting that it had to be finished with so much haste. The incentive came to me in the following way. One day in December, 1915, I limched with two of the professors of the Fine Arts Department at the Harvard Club in Boston. I was much impressed by the splendid and exhaustive teaching carried on by the professors of theD epartment, whereas at home I was so unfortunate as to be single-handed. The only thing I could say on my own behalf was that I had been lectiuing on Giotto and his followers. But this was enough. My friends enthusiasm and appreciation for any efforts in the field of the History of Art seemed at once to attach a peculiar importance to those tedious lectures; and when they heard that I had some of my notes with me, they expressed a desire that I should give some of the same lectures at Harvard. The proposal was a surprise to me, but there was something tempting about it for it afforded me an opportunity for a longer stay at the leading university in A merica, where the study of the History of Art had become particularly well foimded. I did not perhaps at first realize my own incapacity as deeply as I ought to have. At any rate, preliminaries were soon discussed more in detail and the very serious difficulty involved in my insufficient conmiand of theE nglish language was dis( osed of when my friends promised they would find me some secretary or collaborator who would be able to answer for the linguistic side of the endeavor. It may be said at once that this promise was carried out in the most splendid way when they secured Mr. Freder
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0282327584
• ISBN 13: 9780282327583
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 299
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