Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)Spooner, Shearjashub
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Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)
Spooner, Shearjashub
Art -- Anecdotes; Artists -- Anecdotes
Correggio--Sketch of his Life, i, 243;
his Cupola of the Church of St. John at Parma, i, 244;
his grand Cupola of the Cathedral, i, 246;
his Fate Exaggerated, i, 249;
Lanzi's Opinion, i, 251;
his Marriage and Children, i, 252;
Caracci's Opinion of Correggio, and his Letter, i, 258;
his Enthusiasm, i, 255;
his Grace, i, 255;
Correggio and the Monks, i, 256;
his Kindness--his Muleteer, i, 256;
Duke of Wellington's Correggio, i, 257;
Correggio's Ancona, i, 257;
Portraits of Correggio, i, 258;
did Correggio ever visit Rome? i, 259;
Singular History of Correggio's Adoration of the Shepherds, i, 261;
of his Education of Cupid, i, 262;
of a Magdalen, i, 264;
of a Charity, i, 265;
the celebrated Notte of Correggio, iii, 259.
Cortona, Pietro--Sketch of his Life, iii, 253;
Anecdotes of, iii, 254.
David, Jacques Louis, i, 176;
his Politics and Love of Liberty, i, 176;
David and Napoleon, i, 177;
his Banishment to Brussels, i, 177;
his famous picture of the Coronation of Napoleon, i, 178;
David and Canova, i, 179;
Napoleon's Compliments to David, i, 180;
the King of Wurtemberg's, i, 181;
List of Portraits it contained, i, 182;
its Barbarous Destruction by the Bourbons, i, 184;
David and the Duke of Wellington at Brussels, i, 184;
David and the Cardinal Caprara, i, 185;
Talma and David in his Banishment, 1, 186.
Denon, the Baron--his description of the Necropolis of Thebes, iii, 16,
his Employment by Napoleon, iii, 802.
Digby, Sir Kenelm--his Love Adventure in Spain, iii, 199.
Dinocrates--his Proposal to cut Mount Athos into a Statue of Alexander
the Great, ii, 165;
Pope's Idea of its Practicability, ii, 166;
Dinocrates' Temple with an Iron Statue suspended in the air by
Loadstone, ii, 168.
Domenichino, ii, 121;
his Dullness in his Youth, ii, 121;
Caracci's prediction of his rise to Eminence, ii, 122;
Lanzi and Mengs' Testimony of his Genius and Merits, ii, 123;
his Scourging of St. Andrew, ii, 123;
his Communion of St. Jerome, ii, 124;
his Enemies at Rome, ii, 125;
Lanzi's Account of the Decision of Posterity on his Merits, ii, 126;
his Caricatures, ii, 128;
Intrigues of the Neapolitan Triumvirate of Painters, ii, 128;
Lanzi's Account of this disgraceful Cabal, ii, 129;
his Works in the Chapel of St Januarius, and the Prices he
received, ii, 131;
his Death, ii, 132.
Donatello, iii, 125;
Donatello and the Merchant, iii, 126;
Donatello and his unworthy Kinsmen, iii, 127;
his Death, iii, 128;
Donatello and Michael Angelo Compared, iii, 128;
Donatello and Brunelleschi, iii, 123;
Donatello and Uccello, ii, 292.
Douw, Gerard, iii, 222;
his Style, iii, 224;
his Method of Painting, iii, 225;
his Works, iii, 226;
his Dropsical Woman, iii, 227.
Dramatic Scenery at Rome, i, 93.
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