Download or read book Art in Flanders (Classic Reprint) written by Max Rooses and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Art in Flanders Great indeed is the distinction conferred upon the author who is called on to write the art-history Of his own country, to evoke the figures Of the men who throughout the ages have gradually transformed rough and Clumsy images into graceful and harmonious lines, creating groups instinct with beauty and amenity. His task is the more inviting if, as was the case in Flanders, compact and brilliant generations of artists succeed each other in a terri tory Of limited extent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.