The Art of History: Four Paintings in the Exhibition at Chicago

ALICE'S inquiry as to the use of books without pictures or conversation is recalled by the group of historical portraits in the current loan exhibition at the Chicago Art Institute. Boswellian interlocution with Holbein illustrations remains the collaborative ideal, but until this editorial mil...

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Published in:Parnassus (New York, N.Y. 1929) N.Y. 1929), 1933-05, Vol.5 (4), p.8-11
Main Author: Nirdlinger, Virginia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstract art
Art exhibitions
Cultural history
Governors
Paints
Portraits
Queens
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Summary:ALICE'S inquiry as to the use of books without pictures or conversation is recalled by the group of historical portraits in the current loan exhibition at the Chicago Art Institute. Boswellian interlocution with Holbein illustrations remains the collaborative ideal, but until this editorial millenium it is interesting to observe how heavily the historian leans upon the portraitist and to what extent the man of letters serves as transcriber for the statements of the man of paint.
ISSN:1543-6314
DOI:10.1080/15436314.1933.11466401