▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁comment aries ▁on ▁it , ▁effectively ▁den ying ▁' works ▁of ▁light ' ▁a ▁place ▁among ▁the ▁fine ▁arts , ▁and ▁detail ing ▁its ▁per me ation ▁of ▁nin ete enth - century ▁culture , ▁its ▁social ▁institutions ▁and ▁the ▁home , ▁pron oun cing ▁it ▁“ a ▁household ▁word ▁and ▁a ▁household ▁want ”. ▁ ▁She ▁continued ▁to ▁write ▁pro l ific ally , ▁helping ▁to ▁popular ise ▁German ▁art ▁history ▁in ▁England , ▁both ▁as ▁critic ▁and ▁as ▁transl ator ▁( W a agen ▁and ▁K ug ler ). ▁Sometimes , ▁she ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁her ▁husband , ▁and ▁she ▁wrote ▁a ▁mem oir ▁of ▁him ▁after ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 5 . ▁Italian ▁art ▁also ▁absor bed ▁her ▁attention . ▁Leon ardo ▁da ▁V inci , ▁Michel ang elo , ▁Tit ian , ▁Rap ha el ▁and ▁D ür er ▁were ▁the ▁subjects ▁of ▁her ▁Five ▁Great ▁P ain ters ▁( 1 8 8 3 ), ▁published ▁ten ▁years ▁before ▁she ▁died . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁her ▁nep hew ▁Charles ▁East la ke ▁Smith ▁edited ▁her ▁Let ters ▁and ▁Cor respond ence , ▁the ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁which ▁at ▁least ▁was ▁read ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁English ▁novel ist ▁George ▁G iss ing ▁in ▁July ▁of ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁ ▁Re putation ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁aside ▁from ▁her ▁Phot ography , ▁she ▁was ▁remembered ▁mostly ▁for ▁her ▁sc ath ing ▁review