Art Principles with Special Reference to Painting: Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the PainterGovett, Ernest
Philosophy
Art Principles with Special Reference to Painting: Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter
Govett, Ernest
Art; Painting
Signs, of the fine arts, 56;
separation of the arts according to character of, 53;
the two classes of, in art, 56;
must be completely painted, 199;
Lewes on, 346;
Lessing on, 346;
suggestive, belong to the poet and not to the painter, 200
Simonides, on the relation of poetry to painting, 307
Simplicity, necessary in the higher forms of the Associated Arts, 71
Skeleton, as a symbol in art, 186 _et seq._
Smile, the, transitory, should be avoided in art, 171;
in Raphael's work, 173;
in Lionardo's, 172, 341;
of the Milanese artists generally, 172;
in portraiture, 173;
in French portraits, 174;
in British, 174
Smoke, use of, in illusions of air suspension, 268
Sophocles, example of descriptive poetry from, 310
Spencer, Herbert, on evolution in art, 276
Sporting pictures, their place in art, 85
Sprezzatura, origin of, in the seventeenth century, 30 _et seq._;
correspondence with impressionism, 32
Stage scenes, pictures of, 222
Still-life, its place in art, 85, 214;
beauty in, 214;
its varieties, 215;
in decoration, 218;
custom of the Japanese in, 217
Stories, pictures illustrating, their place in art, 85, 221;
painter of, subordinate to the writer, 221
Sublime, The, Longinus on, 73;
painters who have achieved, 229
Supreme Being, final ideal of human form can only apply to, 88
"Symbolic" period of painting, Hegel's, 277
Symbolical painting, when secondary art, 227
Symonds, J. A., on evolution in art, 271;
on the Venetian artists, 350
T
Taine, H., on music as a non-imitative art, 294
Tanagra figures, quality of grace in, 162
Temperament, influence of, on the work of artists, 16
Titian, as a portrait painter, 144;
the dignified pose in his figures, 148;
the pose a test of his portraiture, 335;
his impressionist landscape, 288;
his coloring, 231;
some doubtful attributions to, 336
Titles of pictures, may assist in providing illusion of motion, 257;
may add interest to a work, 352
Tolstoy, Leo, on the meaning of "art," 275;
on popular appreciation of art, 307
Tragedy, only section of drama which the painter may properly use, 221
Translations of poetry, varying values of, 297
Trees in art, the slender trees of Raphael, 345;
of other artists, 345
Turner, J. M. W., secret of his success, 16
Twilight scenes, their place in art, 208
Types, importance of, in nature and art, 55
U
Ugliness in art, may be used in poetry, but not in painting, 342;
Rodin on, 317;
Lessing on, 341;
Waldstein on, 318
Uncivilized races, their understanding of beauty, 333
V
Van Dyck, A., 30;
his portraiture, 150
Velasquez, his place in art, 44;
his simplicity in design, 152;
his limited imagination, 155;
his execution, 153;
compared with the idealists, 43;
his perfect balance, 43;
claimed as an impressionist, 41, 290
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