The author believes that this is just not an encyclopaedia, it is a breathingly human book created by a painter and writer who cared for art, and therefore cared some more than other. They did justice to all and little more than justice to some they love. After being published twice as Outline of Art during which Sir William Orpen the original creator of this work expired, the author, made drastic changes, which were essential to bring the book more truly into ...
