The Eagle's Nest: Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art, Given Before the University of Oxford, in Lent Term, 1872Ruskin, John
Philosophy
The Eagle's Nest: Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art, Given Before the University of Oxford, in Lent Term, 1872
Ruskin, John
Art and science
Diomed, 168.
Dionysus' cup, 139.
" nebris, 225.
Disc or disk, 235.
Discovery of one age, the common knowledge of the next, 34.
" science and, 65, 66.
" vain passion for, 74.
" value of, in itself, 33.
Divinity, Humanity, Animalism, 30.
Doctor, Helps' story of a, in Chartist riots, 208.
Dog, Anacreon and his (Greek vase), 151.
" carved by boy, 88.
" Dr. Acland's dog "Bustle," 151.
" meaning of its introduction in portraits, 151.
" by Titian and Reynolds, their pictures of children and, _ib._
Doing, knowing, and talking, 2, 3, 4.
Domestic love, in peace, 168.
" " its place and influence, 199.
Doncaster, Mr. Reed, bird-stuffer of, 174.
Drake, Sir Francis, arms of, 235.
Drapery, effect of gentleness gained by, 235.
" its laws, 141, seq.
" on persons and statues, 143.
Drawing, a vital part of education, and why, 179.
" rules of, use of sight and science in, 148.
" "draw for your subject, not your picture," 163.
Dress, a sign of character, 220.
" earliest forms of, 223-4.
" Eastern, 225.
" form and colour of, originates in skins of animals, 226-7.
" heraldic, 222, 225.
" national, should be the same in life and art, 166.
" squalor of, a sign of national decay, 221.
Drummond armorial bearings, 235.
Du Cange, on St. Etheldreda, 235.
" " on the orle quoted, 235.
Dürer, 217.
" anatomy in pictures of, 155; influence of anatomy on,
_pref._ viii.
" animals introduced by, 151.
" beautiful faces rare in, _pref._ viii.
" engraving of, _pref._ vii.
" his "Sir, it cannot be better done," 52.
" love of grotesque in, 151.
works of:--
" Knight and Death, _pref._ viii.
" Melancholia, "
" St. Hubert, "
" St. Jerome, "
Düsseldorf, art at, 88.
Eagle, the, 184.
" characteristics of, 156-7.
" sight and scent of, 111.
_Eagles Nest, The._ See s. _Author_. (3) _Books_.
Ease of great work, 85.
Eastern dress, 225.
Eccelin of Padua, 35.
Ecu, derivation of, 230.
Edify, meaning of word in "Charity edifieth," 30.
Education, aim of, morality not knowledge, 212.
" a matter of feeling, not of knowledge, 179.
" competition in, 212.
" conception of chivalry as an influence in, 239.
" means power of true sight, animals, man, God, 175-6.
" modern architecture and, 202.
" modern, 120.
" " its error and toilsomeness, _ib._
" national, 94.
" science as an instrument of, 65.
" sympathy essential to learning, 236.
" true, brings delight in seeing things, 177.
" " summed in enjoyment, _ib._
Effort in study, how far necessary, 2.
Egeri, lakes of, 199.
Egret, the leper, 174.
Egyptian leopard, of what typical, 125.
" plagues, 118.
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