History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture. J. S. Memes
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J. S. Memes
History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066150273
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 |
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