Excursions in Art and LettersStory, William Wetmore
History
Excursions in Art and Letters
Story, William Wetmore
Arts
Bramante, instigates Pope Julius II. to summon Michel Angelo
to Rome, 21;
jealous of Michel Angelo’s fame, 22;
tries to induce the Pope to discharge Michel Angelo, 24.
Brass-casting, decline of the art of, 170.
Brick, printed on by the ancient Romans, 167.
British Museum, so-called plaster casts in, 164, 165.
Bronze statues, the method of the ancients in casting, 142.
Browning, Robert, 233.
Browning and Tennyson, 30.
Brunelleschi, 5, 6, 8, 40;
designs Church of San Lorenzo, 13.
Brunn, Dr., cited, 59, 60;
on Pliny’s Natural History, 120, 137–139.
Bryaxis, 68.
Buggiardini, 21.
Buonomini, Michel Angelo’s father one of the twelve, 10.
Byzantine tradition, 4.
Callicrates, and the Parthenon, 51, 52.
Callimachus, nicknamed, 130;
drill supposed to have been invented by, 171.
Cambronne, 74.
Campaspe, portrait of, by Apelles, 132.
Canossa, the Counts of, 10.
Canova, opinion of, as to the use of proportional compasses by ancient
sculptors, 171.
Caprese, birthplace of Michel Angelo, 9.
Carmine, Church of the, 7.
Carpion and the Parthenon, 51.
Carrara, Michel Angelo at, 37.
Casting, from life or from the round, difficulties of, 159, 160;
distinction between, and modeling, 155, 161.
Casting in plaster, alleged practice of, among the Greeks and
Romans, 115–189;
introduced by Verrocchio, 188.
Casts, plaster, not found in ancient houses or tombs, 157,
158, 176, 177.
Cato, book published by, 167.
Catulus, 67.
Cellini, the Renaissance Perseus of, 6;
accomplished in many arts, 43.
Ceres, the Temple of, at Eleusis, 52, 53.
Chalcosthenes, executed works in baked earth, 148.
Changes, only gradual, do real good, 197.
Christ, and Communism, 222, 223;
example of, not always followed by Christians, 226.
Christianity and Art, 1.
Christians, not persecuted by Marcus Aurelius, but punished as
Communists, 220–222;
attitude of, toward the government, 221, 227;
theory and practice of, 225, 226.
Cicero, Demosthenes and, 30;
on the meaning of _vultus_, 121;
quoted, 125, 134, 141, 149, 152.
Cimabue, 4.
Clay, not a material for casting, 134;
why used by the ancients instead of gypsum, 158, 159.
Clemens Alexandrinus, cited, 68.
Colonna, Vittoria, and Michel Angelo, 34.
Columbus, 4.
Communists, the early followers of Christ were, 222.
Compasses, proportional, used by ancient sculptors, 171, 172.
Condivi, doubtful assertion of, 25.
Cooke, a safe guide for the tragic actor, 236.
Copies, exact, not made by ancient sculptors, 174–176.
Corœbus, begins the Temple of Initiation at Eleusis, 52.
Creed, every religious, should be living, 196.
Crepuscule, figure of, by Michel Angelo, 14–21.
Ctesilaus, 67, 97;
compared with Phidias, 96.
Cydon, competition of, with Phidias, 97, 98.
Cymon, 67.
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