DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS (BORDONE) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER THE BIRTH OF VENUS (BOTTICELLI) WALTER PATER THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (VERONESE) JOHN RUSKIN THE LAST JUDGEMENT (MICHAEL ANGELO) ALEXANDRE DUMAS FOOTNOTES: MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT (CORREGGIO) AIMÉ GIRON BANQUET OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS (VAN DER HELST) WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (WATTEAU) EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT THE SISTINE MADONNA (RAPHAEL) F.A. GRUYER THE DREAM OF ST. URSULA (CARPACCIO) JOHN RUSKIN FOOTNOTES: THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS (RUBENS) EUGÈNE FROMENTIN BACCHUS AND ARIADNE (TITIAN) CHARLES LAMB BACCHUS AND ARIADNE (TITIAN) EDWARD T. COOK FOOTNOTES: THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN (FRA ANGELICO) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER JUDITH (SANDRO BOTTICELLI) MAURICE HEWLETT THE AVENUE OF MIDDELHARNAIS (HOBBEMA) PAUL LAFOND (ANDREA DEL SARTO) ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ADORATION OF THE MAGI (GENTILE DA FABRIANO) F.A. GRUYER FOOTNOTES: PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE (HOLBEIN) ANTONY VALABRÈGUE FOOTNOTES: PARADISE (TINTORET) JOHN RUSKIN AURORA (GUIDO RENI) CHARLOTTE A. EATON AURORA (GUIDO RENI) JOHN CONSTABLE THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN (TITIAN) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER THE NIGHT WATCH (REMBRANDT) EUGÈNE FROMENTIN THE RAPE OF HELEN (BENOZZO GOZZOLI) COSMO MONKHOUSE MONNA LISA9 (LEONARDO DA VINCI) WALTER PATER FOOTNOTES: THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB (VAN EYCK) KUGLER FOOTNOTES: THE DEATH OF PROCRIS (PIERO DI COSIMO) EDWARD T. COOK THE DEATH OF PROCRIS (PIERO DI COSIMO) JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS FOOTNOTES: THE MARRIAGE IN CANA (TINTORET) JOHN RUSKIN MADAME DE POMPADOUR (DE LA TOUR) CHARLES-AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE FOOTNOTES: THE HAY WAIN (CONSTABLE) C.L. BURNS THE SURRENDER OF BREDA (VELASQUEZ) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER FOOTNOTES: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (MURILLO) AIMÉ GIRON ST. FRANCIS BEFORE THE SOLDAN (GIOTTO) JOHN RUSKIN FOOTNOTES: LILITH (ROSSETTI) ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ADORATION OF THE MAGI (DÜRER) MORIZ THAUSING MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE (HOGARTH) AUSTIN DOBSON FOOTNOTES: THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS (LEONARDO DA VINCI) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER FOOTNOTES: BEATRICE CENCI (GUIDO RENI) PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE TRANSFIGURATION (RAPHAEL) MRS. JAMESON THE BULL (PAUL POTTER) EUGÈNE FROMENTIN CORÉSUS AND CALLIRHOÉ (FRAGONARD) EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT FOOTNOTES: THE MARKET-CART (GAINSBOROUGH) RICHARD AND SAMUEL REDGRAVE BACCHUS AND ARIADNE (TINTORET) HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE FOOTNOTES: BACCHUS AND ARIADNE ANONYMOUS LA CRUCHE CASSÉE (GREUZE) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER (REYNOLDS) FREDERIC G. STEPHENS FOOTNOTES: ST. CECILIA (RAPHAEL) PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE LAST SUPPER (LEONARDO DA VINCI) JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I. (VAN DYCK) JULES GUIFFREY (TURNER) JOHN RUSKIN FOOTNOTES: SPRING (BOTTICELLI) MARCEL REYMOND FOOTNOTES:

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