Excerpt from What Is a Picture? HE following is an attempt to explain to the uninitiated what a picture is. The task is a peculiar one, and though the writer hopes that he may not fail in his endeavour, he is not too sanguine of success. He consoles himself, how ever, with the belief that if he has not accomplished what he has tried, his explanations, comparisons, and theories may put the novice on the road to Art comprehension in the widest signification of the word. Though he uses the word Art in various senses, the reader might kindly bear in mind that it is generally employed as meaning pictorial art. 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.