History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture

Name: History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture
Author: Memes, J. S. (John Smythe)

Memes, J. S. (John Smythe)

Art -- History

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                            THE FINE ARTS.

                                HISTORY

                                  OF

                         SCULPTURE, PAINTING,

                                  AND

                             ARCHITECTURE.

                        BY J. S. MEMES, LL. D.

                                BOSTON:
                          CLAPP AND BROADERS,
                             SCHOOL STREET
                                 1834.

                                  TO

                           THE VERY REVEREND

                          WILLIAM JACK, D.D.

       PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY AND KING'S COLLEGE, ABERDEEN;
                      IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
               EARLY KINDNESS AND CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP.

                                  AND

                AS A SINCERE THOUGH INADEQUATE TRIBUTE
                       OF MOST PROFOUND RESPECT
                                FOR HIS
              VIRTUES, LEARNING, TALENTS, AND INTEGRITY,
                             THIS VOLUME,
                WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST ESTEEM,
                             IS INSCRIBED
                                  BY
                              THE AUTHOR.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    INTRODUCTION.

    Taste--Principles of Imitative Art                                1

    SCULPTURE.

    CHAPTER I.

    Egyptian and Oriental Sculpture--Indian Monuments                 15

    CHAPTER II.

    Early Schools of Greece--Perfection of Material Art               34

    CHAPTER III.

    Ideal Art--Phidias--Elgin Marbles--Methods of Composition
    Among the Greek Sculptors                                         49

    CHAPTER IV.

    School of Beauty--Lysippus and Praxiteles--Historical
    Remarks                                                           60

    CHAPTER V.

    Sculpture in Ancient Italy--Etruscan Art--Roman Busts--Decline    69

    CHAPTER VI.

    Revival of Sculpture in Italy--Italian Republics--Influence
    of Liberty--Early Schools of Modern Art                           79

    CHAPTER VII.

    Michael Angelo and his Contemporaries                             84

    CHAPTER VIII.

    School of Bernini--Decline of Sculpture--Causes of Decay          94

    CHAPTER IX.

    Revival--Canova--Thorwaldsen--Flaxman--Conclusion                101

    PAINTING.

    CHAPTER X.

    Ancient Painting--Schools of Greece--Zeuxis, Appelles
    --Historical Remarks                                             117

    CHAPTER XI.

    Modern Schools in Italy--Roman, Raphael--Florentine,
    Michael Angelo--Comparison between the two--Lombard
    School, Coreggio--Venetian School, Titian--Eclectic
    School, Caracci                                                  130

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