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American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)

Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 498

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A. F. BELLOWS. Chapter Eighty-Third. … WATER-COLOR painting is an art of great antiquity,the first use of water as the vehicle of pigments being made by the Egyptians in decorating the walls oftheir temples and tombs ; and its employment can be tracedin the frescos of ancient Rome and Pompeii, through thewide range of mediaeval art,…

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