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
Olynthian Captive, Story of, i, 151.
Origin of Label Painting, ii, 278.
Pacheco--his Opinions on Art as restricted by the Inquisition, i, 212.
Pareda, Antonio--his Artifice to Keep up Appearances, iii, 202.
Pareja, Juan de, the Slave of Velasquez, i, 228;
his Love of Painting and his Success, i, 229;
his Gratitude to his Master, i, 229.
Painter, perilous adventure of a, iii, 245
Painter of Florence, Curious Legend of the, iii, 217
Painter-Friar, the Devil, and the Virgin, iii, 220.
Painting among the Egyptians, iii, 1 and 263.
Painting among the Greeks, i, 22, 27, and iii, 265.
Painting among the Romans, i, 88, and ii, 152.
Painting, Revival of, in Italy, ii, 244.
Painting, Italian Schools of, ii, 292.
Painting, Golden Age of, in Italy, ii, 149;
Lanzi's Philosophy of, ii, 150;
Milizia's, ii, 154.
Painting--different Schools Compared, i, 110.
Painting, Effects of, on the Mind, i, 147.
Painting from Nature, i, 18.
Painting, Oil, Invention of, ii, 141.
Painting, oldest Oil, extant, iii, 181.
Painting, Portrait, Johnson's Apology for, i, 197.
Painting, Origin of Label, ii, 278.
Paintings transferred from Walls and Panels to Canvas, ii, 146.
Paintings, Curious, iii, 180.
Paintings, Evanescent, i, 106.
Palace, Nero's Golden, ii, 155.
Palaces of Rome, iii, 65.
Palmaroli--his Method of transferring Paintings from Walls and Panels
to Canvas, ii, 147.
Pantoja and the Eagle, iii, 205.
Parrhasius, i, 150;
his Demos and other Works, i, 150;
the Olynthian Captive, i, 151;
his Vanity, i, 152.
Parthenon at Athens, ii, 170;
its Dilapidation, by the Venetians, Turks, and Lord Elgin, ii, 171.
Pausias, i, 148; his Works and the Garland Twiner, i, 148.
Perpetual Lamps, ii, 182.
Pharos, Light-house of, ii, 164.
Phidias, i, 157;
his Statue of Minerva, i, 158, and ii, 171;
Phidias and Alcamenes, i, 159;
Ingratitude of the Athenians, i, 159;
his Olympian Jupiter, i, 17, and i, 160;
his Model for the Olympian Jupiter, i, 161.
Picture of Ialysus and his Dog, Protogenes, i, 149, and i, 281.
Picture of Calumny, Apelles', i, 94.
Picture of the Virgin, the Miraculous, iii, 211.
Pictures, first brought to Rome, i, 88.
Pictures of Glass, Ancient, ii, 58.
Pictures, Four finest at Rome, ii, 183.
Pillar of On, iii, 8.
Poecile at Athens, i, 13.
Pompeii--its Destruction;
Antiquities and Works of Art discovered, ii, 43;
Vivid Sketch of its present Appearance, etc., by an American
Traveler, ii, 46.
Pope as a Painter--his Fame, i, 201;
his Proficiency in the Art, ii, 214;
his Idea of the Practicability of Dinocrates' Plan of cutting Mount
Athos into a Statue of Alexander the Great, ii, 166.
Portici, the Site of Herculaneum, ii, 44 and 46.
Portraits, Female, Rarity of, in Spain, iii, 191.
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