A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, ArchitectureWaters, Clara Erskine Clement
History
A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement
Art -- History
Richelieu (cardinal), 154
"Ritter George," 111
Roman theatre, first, 80
Romanesque order, 87
Romanesque and Byzantine orders mingled, 122
Rome;
ruled by Etruscans, 71;
acqueducts and bridges of, 74;
earliest works of, directed by Etruscans, 74;
growth of Composite order in, 75;
temples of, 76;
interior architecture of, 76;
Pantheon of, 76-78;
basilicas of, 78;
decline of art in, 80;
theatres of, 80;
triumphal arches of, 81;
tombs of, 83-86;
domestic architecture of, 85;
influence of classic literature in, 133;
St. Peter's at, 138-140
Rood-screens, 107
Rose windows, 102
Rouen, custom house at, 162
Royal Palace at Munich, 177
Ruhmeshalle (Munich);
columns of, 176;
statue in front of, 176
Ruins;
Assyrian, 21;
Judean, 44;
of temple of Diana, at Ephesus, 60
Ruskin, John;
and Ducal Palace (Venice), 142;
teaching of, 171
St. Bride's (Fleet Street), 168
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 110
St. Eustache, church of (Paris), 154
St. Genevieve, church of (Paris), 158
St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 169
St. Germain; 103, 173
St. James's (Piccadilly), church of, 168
St. John Lateran, 89
St. Ludwig, church of (Munich), 175
St. Mark's (Venice), 114;
piazza of, 114;
portico of, 115
St. Mark's, Library of (Venice), 114
St. Paul's, cathedral of (London), 167
St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 166, 167
St. Paul's without the Walls; 88;
bronze gates of, 89;
columns of, 89
St. Peter's (Rome);
as compared with palace-temple, 8;
dome and cross of, 138;
and Michael Angelo, 138-140;
begun and finished, 138-140;
criticised, 140
St. Quentin, battle of, 146
St. Sophia, church of (Constantinople);
green jasper columns of, 61; 117;
and Justinian, 119;
Gibbon's description of, 119;
Paul Silentiarius's description of, 120
St. Vitale, church of (Ravenna), 123
San Carlo, opera house of (Naples), 180
San Miniato, church of (Florence), 115, 116
San Paolo fuori della Mura. _See_ St. Paul's without the Walls
Sansovino, 142
Sta. Maria del Fiore. _See_ cathedral of Florence
Sta. Maria Degli Angeli, church of, and Michael Angelo, 80
Saraceni. _See_ "the Easterns"
Saracenic architecture, 123, 124;
principal homes of, 126;
study of, 132
Sargon, 26
Scaurus, Marcus, 80
Schliemann, 48
Sculpture Gallery of Munich, 177
Sculptures;
executed by Phidias, 64;
Gothic use of, in decoration, 107
Segovia, churches of, 146
Semiramis (Queen), and "Hanging Gardens," 30
Sennacherib, 26
Septimius Severus;
and Pantheon, 77;
arch of, 82;
wife of, 82
Sepulchres, 85 (and _see_ Tombs)
Seti I., tomb of, 7
Sforza, Francesco, 144
Shaft of Tuscan column, 76
Shrines of Babylon, riches of, 31, 32
Shushan, 42
Sicilian architecture, remarkable style of, 116
Sicily, Christian art of, 116
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