EGYPT. |
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The Delta. The Oldest Monuments, if not the most Ancient Civilization of the World | 1,2 |
Changeless Continuity of Life and Art | 2 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
The Age, Purpose, and Architectural Significance of the Pyramids | 3-5 |
The Pyramids of Gizeh | 5-7 |
Variety of Pyramidal Forms | 8,9 |
The Pyramids of Saccara, Meydoun, Dashour, Abousere, and Illahoun | 9-12 |
Table of Dimensions | 12 |
The Younger Pyramids of Nubia. Truncated Pyramids | 12 |
Rock-cut Tombs | 13 |
Development of Column from Pier | 14 |
The Tombs at Beni-hassan | 14,15 |
Development of the Lotos-column | 16,17 |
The Invasion of the Hycsos. Restriction of the Prismatic Shaft. Extended Application of the Floral Columnin the New Theban Empire | 18,19 |
The Calyx Capital | 20,21 |
Piers with Figures of Osiris and Typhon. Entablature | 21 |
Cavern Sepulchres | 22 |
Temple Plan, Obelisks | 23 |
Peristyle Court | 25 |
Hypostyle Hall | 26,27 |
The Dwellings of Kings and Priests | 28 |
Peripteral Temples | 29 |
Rock-cut Temples | 30 |
The Monuments at Abou-Simbel | 31,32 |
Palatial and Domestic Architecture | 33 |
Interiors | 34 |
The Labyrinth | 35 |
Unimportant Character of Secular Architecture | 36 |
SCULPTURE. |
Fundamental and Changeless Peculiarities | 36 |
Conventional Types | 37 |
The Formation of the Head | 38 |
Head-dresses. Conjunction of Human Trunks and Animal Heads | 39 |
The Body. Lack of Progressiveness and of History | 40 |
Animal Forms | 41 |
Materials | 42 |
Reliefs | 43 |
Coilanaglyphics | 44 |
The Variety and Interest of the Subjects Illustrated | 45 |
PAINTING. |
Intimate Relation to Sculpture. Hieroglyphics | 46 |
Painting as an Architectural Decoration. Retrospect | 47 |
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Malta, the Balearic Isles, Sardinia | 163 |
Asia Minor. |
An Independent Art Found only in Lycia, Phrygia, and Lydia | 164 |
The Rock-cut Tombs of Lycia. The Timbered Dwelling Carved in Stone | 165,166 |
The Monument of the Harpies at Xanthos | 167 |
Lycian Sarcophagi | 168 |
Temple FaÇades Imitated upon Cliffs | 169 |
The Rock-cut Tombs of Phrygia | 171,172 |
The Tumuli of Lydia | 173,174 |
HELLAS. |
The Ægean Sea the Centre of Greek Civilization | 175 |
The Dorians and the Ionians | 176 |
The Development of Poetry Earlier than that of Art | 177 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
The Tholos of Atreus | 179-183 |
The Phoenician Character of its Decoration | 183 |
The Grave at Menidi | 183 |
The Treasure-houses of the PelopidÆ | 184 |
Tumuli | 185 |
The Common Modes of Burial | 186 |
Pyramids | 186,187 |
Primitive Fortifications. Tiryns | 187 |
MykenÆ | 188 |
Gateways and Portals | 189-193 |
The Agora of MykenÆ | 192 |
Primitive Temple Cellas without Columns | 192,193 |
The Structure upon Mt. Ocha. Timbered Roofs and Ceilings. The Origin of the Doric Entablature | 195-197 |
The Decorative Painting of Woodwork | 197 |
The Doric Column | 197-199 |
Its Egyptian Prototype | 198 |
The Development of the Temple-plan | 199-202 |
The Temple in Antis | 199 |
Prostylos | 200 |
Amphiprostylos. Peripteros | 201 |
Stone Construction | 202 |
The Entasis | 203 |
The Capital | 204 |
The Inclination of the Columns | 205 |
The Details of the Entablature | 206-209 |
Polychromy | 210 |
Curvatures | 211,212 |
The Pteroma and Ceiling | 213 |
Illumination | 214 |
Archaic Doric Temples | 215 |
The Progress of this Style. Sel
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Protogenes | 383 |
Antiphilos. Ætion. Asclepiodoros. Theon | 384 |
Hellenistic Painting. Timomachos | 385 |
Trivial and Obscene Subjects. Mosaic. Sosos | 386 |
ETRURIA. |
Relationship to the Arts of Greece | 387 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
The so-called Cyclopean Walls. Arched Gates | 388 |
Vaulted Canals | 389 |
Cemeteries. Tumuli. The Tomb of Porsena | 390 |
Imitations of Dwellings upon Tombs | 391,392 |
Grotto Sepulchres | 392 |
Imitations of Temple FaÇades upon Cliffs | 393,394 |
Norchia | 394,395 |
The Etruscan Temple | 396,397 |
The Dwelling-house | 397 |
Its Court | 398,399 |
Lack of Progressive Architectural History | 399,400 |
SCULPTURE. |
Museums. The Oldest or Decorative Period. Phoenician Importations | 400 |
The Influence of Western Asia Superseded by that of Greece | 401,402 |
The Sarcophagus of CÆre | 402 |
Realism. Sculpture in Marble | 403 |
The Bronze Chariot from Perugia | 404 |
The Capitoline Wolf. Engraved Mirrors | 405 |
Height of Etruscan Art. Hellenistic Influences | 406 |
Sculptured Sarcophagi | 406,407 |
Terra-cottas and Bronzes | 408 |
The Similarity of late Etruscan to Roman Sculpture | 408,409 |
PAINTING. |
Its Development Similar to that of Sculpture. The Ornamental and Dependent Period | 409 |
Realistic Characteristics | 409,410 |
The Wall-paintings of CÆre and Corneto | 409,410 |
The Influence of Greece | 411 |
Artistic Manufactures | 411,412 |
Sgraffiti. The Importance of Etruscan Art | 412 |
ROME. |
The Conditions of Civilization Similar to those of Etruria | 413 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
Primitive Walls | 414,415 |
Gates. Vaulted Canals | 416 |
Temples: their Tuscan Charac
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