SIX LECTURES ON WOOD AND METAL ENGRAVING GIVEN BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, IN MICHAELMAS TERM, 1872. CONTENTS. DEFINITION OF THE ART OF ENGRAVING 1 THE RELATION OF ENGRAVING TO OTHER ARTS IN FLORENCE 22 THE TECHNICS OF WOOD ENGRAVING 42 THE TECHNICS OF METAL ENGRAVING 61 DESIGN IN THE GERMAN SCHOOLS OF ENGRAVING (HOLBEIN AND DuRER) 81 DESIGN IN THE FLORENTINE SCHOOLS OF ENGRAVING (SANDRO BOTTICELLI) 108 APPENDIX ARTICLE I. NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATE OF ENGRAVING IN ENGLAND 143 II. DETACHED NOTES 157 LIST OF PLATES Diagram 27 The Last Furrow (Fig. 2). Facsimile from Holbein's woodcut 47 The Two Preachers (Fig. 3). Facsimile from Holbein's woodcut 48 I. Things Celestial and Terrestrial, as apparent to the English mind 56 II. Star of Florence 62 III. "At evening from the top of FEsole" 72 IV. "By the Springs of Parnassus" 77 V. "Heat considered as a Mode of Motion." Florentine Natural Philosophy 92 VI. Fairness of the Sea and Air. In Venice and Athens 95 The Child's Bedtime (Fig. 5). Facsimile from Holbein's woodcut 103 "He that hath ears to hear let him hear" (Fig. 6). Facsimile from Holbein's woodcut 105 VII. For a time, and times 130 VIII. The Nymph beloved of Apollo (Michael Angelo) 131 IX. In the Woods of Ida 132 X. Grass of the Desert 135 XI. "Obediente Domino voci hominis" 145 XII. The Coronation in the Garden 158

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