History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.
Taste—Principles of Imitative Art	1
SCULPTURE.
CHAPTER I.
Egyptian and Oriental Sculpture—Indian Monuments	15
CHAPTER II.
Early Schools of Greece—Perfection of Material Art	34
CHAPTER III.
Ideal Art—Phidias—Elgin Marbles—Methods of Composition Among the Greek Sculptors	49
CHAPTER IV.
School of Beauty—Lysippus and Praxiteles—Historical Remarks	60
CHAPTER V.
Sculpture in Ancient Italy—Etruscan Art—Roman Busts—Decline	69
CHAPTER VI.
Revival of Sculpture in Italy—Italian Republics—Influence of Liberty—Early Schools of Modern Art	79
CHAPTER VII.
Michael Angelo and his Contemporaries	84
CHAPTER VIII.
School of Bernini—Decline of Sculpture—Causes of Decay	94
CHAPTER IX.
Revival—Canova—Thorwaldsen—Flaxman—Conclusion	101
PAINTING.
CHAPTER X.
Ancient Painting—Schools of Greece—Zeuxis, Appelles—Historical Remarks	117
CHAPTER XI.
Modern Schools in Italy—Roman, Raphael—Florentine, Michael Angelo—Comparison between the two—Lombard School, Coreggio—Venetian School, Titian— Eclectic School, Caracci	130
CHAPTER XII.
German School, Holbein, Daur—Flemish School, Rubens, Vandyke—Dutch School, Teniers—French School, David—Anecdote of Napoleon	154
CHAPTER XIII.
English School—Historical Remarks—Causes of Inferiority in the Art—Influence of the Reformation not Hostile to the Fine Arts in Britain, &c.	174
CHAPTER XIV.
English School continued—History—Portrait—Landscape—Reynolds—West—Wilson—Laurence—Defects of English Style—Conclusion	190
ARCHITECTURE.
CHAPTER XV.
Early History and Principles of Architectural Design—Egyptian—Syrian—Indian Architecture	227
CHAPTER XVI.
Greek Architecture—Three Orders: Doric Remains, Ionic Remains, Corinthian Remains—Roman Architecture—Decline	248
CHAPTER XVII.
Architecture of the Middle Ages—Divisions of the Gothic—Revival of Classic Architecture—Italian, French, and English Masters—Conclusion	278

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