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Title: Stories Pictures Tell
Book Four

Author: Flora L. Carpenter

Release Date: February 26, 2010 [EBook #31411]

Language: English

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STORIES
PICTURES TELL

BOOK FOUR

_By_

FLORA L. CARPENTER

_Instructor in drawing in Waite High School, Toledo, Ohio
Formerly supervisor of drawing, Bloomington, Illinois_

_Illustrated with Half Tones from
Original Photographs_

RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY

CHICAGO NEW YORK

_Copyright, 1918, by_
RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY
All rights reserved
Edition of 1928

[Illustration]

Made in U. S. A.

THE CONTENTS

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER PAGE

"The Sower" _Millet_ 1

"Highland Shepherd's Chief
Mourner" _Landseer_ 13

NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY

"Children of the Shell" _Murillo_ 23

"Saved" _Landseer_ 31

FEBRUARY AND MARCH

"Pilgrim Exiles" _Boughton_ 43

"Dance of the Nymphs" _Corot_ 51

APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE

"Oxen Plowing" _Rosa Bonheur_ 63

Review of Pictures and Artists Studied

_The Suggestions to Teachers_ 75

THE PREFACE

Art supervisors in the public schools assign picture-study work in
each grade, recommending the study of certain pictures by well-known
masters. As Supervisor of Drawing I found that the children enjoyed
this work but that the teachers felt incompetent to conduct the
lessons as they lacked time to look up the subject and to gather
adequate material. Recourse to a great many books was necessary and
often while much information could usually be found about the artist,
very little was available about his pictures.

Hence I began collecting information about the pictures and prepar