Sculpture, eclectic character of, 155, 156, 174 Captured by Florence, 169 Fifteenth-century Italian sculpture compared with, 177, 178 Pisano, Niccola Architect, 155 Græco-Roman influences, 155, 156 Gothic sculpture compared, 155 Quercia compared with, 178 Giovanni, compared with Niccola, 156, 157 Gothic influences, 156 Andrea, compared with Niccola, 157, 158 Giotto, influence of, 157 Pictorial character of work, 158 Florentine Baptistery, 158, 162, 164 Pisistratus, 12, 13, 154 Pius IV., 213 Platonists, Italian influence of, 173-179 Plessis, Hotel du, 235 Pliny, 73, 120 Lysippus and followers, 70, 74, 79 Hellenistic realists, 103 Rhodian Colossus, 104 Pasiteles, 121, 122 Plutarch, 78 Poetry, 217, 223 Pollaiuolo, 184 Polyclitus Head of Dorian school, 22, 23 Compared with Phidias, 31 Compared with Praxiteles, 64 Compared with Lysippus, 68, 69 “Hera,” chryselephantine statue of, 36, 38, 41, 42, 157 “Diadumenus,” 22 “Doryphorus,” 22, 23 Preference for bronze, 22, 68 Polydorus, 94 Polygnotus, 114 Polyzalus, 14 Pomeroy, F. W., 288 Pompadour, Madame de, 243 Pompeii, evidence of wall paintings as to colouring statuary, 129 “Narcissus,” found at, 173 Pope’s “Rape of the Lock,” 114 Porte de l’Enfer. _See_ “Gate of Hell,” by Rodin Portraiture Greek, 77-79 Fifth century compared with fourth and Hellenistic, 77-79 Hellenic compared with Roman, 125, 127, 131, 132 Roman, 125-136 “Julius Cæsar” and “Augustus” compared with “Pericles” and “Phocion,” 125-127 Imperialism and Roman, 131-136, 140 Comparison with style of Kipling, 134, 135 “Nerva,” statue of, 131, 132, 135 “Voltaire,” by Houdon, 244, 245 Poseidon and Athena on Parthenon pediment, 29, 31 Poussin, Nicolas, 240 Pradier, 265 Praxiteles Historical circumstances, 44-49 Social circumstances, 55, 56, 58, 59 Characteristics of his art, 57, 61, 63, 64, 211 Lyrical note in art of, 54 Influence of Greek womanhood, 58-60, 110, 111 Phryne and, 60-63, 232, 249 Female form, preference for, 193, 194 Marble, preference for, 58 “Hermes,” 57, 107, 120 “Hermaphroditus,” 194 “Aphrodite of Cnidus,” 61-63, 111, 195 “Barberine Hera,” 42 Ceramicus, statue in, 55 Lysippus, compared with, 65, 66 Michael Angelo, compared with, 193-195 Followers of, 84, 105-115 Primaticcio, 228, 229, 257 “Prince,” Terme Museum, 121 Prince Consort, 284 Prix de Rome, Grand, 244, 254, 267, 269 Propylæa, 77 Ptolemy, 86 Puget, Pierre His early life, 237, 251 Visit to Italy, 237 Connection with Louis XIV., 236 Influenced by Catholic reaction, 237 “Milo of Crotona,” 236
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