BOOKS BY PROF. JOHN C. VAN DYKE =Art for Art’s Sake.= University Lectures on the Technical Beauties of Painting. With 24 Illustrations. 12mo. =The Meaning of Pictures.= University Lectures at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. With 31 Illustrations. 12mo =Studies in Pictures.= An Introduction to the Famous Galleries. With 40 Illustrations. 12mo =What is Art?= Studies in the Technique and Criticism of Painting. 12mo =Text Book of the History of Painting.= With 110 Illustrations. New Edition. 12mo =Old Dutch and Flemish Masters.= With Timothy Cole’s Wood-Engravings. Superroyal 8vo =Old English Masters.= With Timothy Cole’s Wood-Engravings. Superroyal 8vo =Modern French Masters.= Written by American Artists and Edited by Prof. Van Dyke. With 66 Full-page Illustrations. Superroyal 8vo =New Guides to Old Masters.= Critical Notes on the European Galleries, Arranged in Catalogue Order. Frontispieces. 12 volumes. Sold separately =Nature for Its Own Sake.= First Studies in Natural Appearances. With Portrait. 12mo =The Desert.= Further Studies in Natural Appearances. With Frontispiece. 12mo =The Opal Sea.= Continued Studies in Impressions and Appearances. With Frontispiece. 12mo =The Mountain.= Renewed Studies in Impressions and Appearances. With Frontispiece. 12mo =The Money God.= Chapters of Heresy and Dissent concerning Business Methods and Mercenary Ideals in American Life. 12mo =The New New York.= A Commentary on the Place and the People. With 125 Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. AMERICAN PAINTING AND ITS TRADITION AMERICAN PAINTING AND ITS TRADITION AS REPRESENTED BY INNESS, WYANT, MARTIN, HOMER, LA FARGE, WHISTLER, CHASE, ALEXANDER, SARGENT BY JOHN C. VAN DYKE Author of “Art for Art’s Sake,” “The Meaning of Pictures,” “What is Art?” etc. With Twenty-four Illustrations NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1919 _Copyright, 1919, by Charles Scribner’s Sons_ _Published October, 1919_ [Illustration] PREFACE