The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals (1893)
Ecob, Helen Gilbert · New York, Fowler & Wells co. · leaf 316
udy, what money might besaved for books and art! Millions of exquisite birds are sacrificed everyyear for the adornment of women. A consign-ment to a single London dealer, not long ago,consisted of 32,000 dead humming birds, 80,000aquatic birds, and 800,000 pairs of bird-wings. Allof this to adorn… … AN ANGEL, BY PRA ANGELICO. Fra Angelico is pre-eminently the artist of pure, devout nature. The angelgiven here is an illustration of the truth that character expresses itself in thework of our hands. The pose of the figure and the lines of drapery are chasteand true. Omit the halo, the trumpet,…
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