PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I. ANCIENT COSTUMES.

LECTURE II. BYZANTINE AND ROMANESQUE ART.

LECTURE III. ON THE PAINTERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

LECTURE IV. "DAVID" AND HIS SCHOOL.

LECTURE V. ON THE MODERN SCHOOLS OF EUROPE.

LECTURE VI ON DRAWING.

LECTURE VII. COLOR.

LECTURE VIII. ON DECORATIVE PAINTING.

LECTURE IX. ON FINISH.

LECTURE X. ON THE CHOICE OF A SUBJECT.

LECTURE XI. ON THE COMPOSITION OF DECORATIVE AND HISTORICAL PICTURES.

LECTURE XII. COMPOSITION OF INCIDENT PICTURES.

DELIVERED TO THE STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL
ACADEMY


BY

EDWARD   ARMITAGE, R.A.


NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
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1883


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