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
Natural History, its true scope and triple division, 180-1.
" " what it should amount to, 207.
" Philosophy, modern study of, 2.
Nest, bullfinch's, 48.
" halcyon's, 193.
" true man's true, 206.
Niagara, "Carlyle's" Shooting, 70.
Nightingale, the Greek singing-bird, 189.
Nineteenth century, history's probable view of the, 35.
Nitro-glycerine, 33.
Noble and notable, 39.
Noise of London traffic, 60-61.
Nomenclature, scientific, 186.
Norman design, 92.
Northern minds and Southern art, 163.
Notable and noble, 39.
νοῦς, 8 _seq._, 25.
Novelty of wisdom, its danger, 74.
Nude, the, degrades art, 149.
" its limit, _ib._
" its study:--
places where Impracticable, 164.
how far desirable in England, 164.
result of, in Greece, 167.
Nuremberg carving, 88.
Oarsmanship, art of, 12.
Ochiltree, Edie. See _Scott_.
Œta, Mt., the country round, 199.
Ontario, Lake, 70.
Optics and art, 96.
Orange and purple, use of in art, 226.
Ordinaries, the heraldic, Lect. x.; 234 _n._, 235.
Organic form and art, 149 _seq._
Orion, 28.
Orissa, 35-6.
Orle, the heraldic, 235.
Originality in art, its value, 32.
" how estimated in the great and base schools, _ib._
" modern demand for it in art and science, 33.
Ornithology, 47, 48.
" further discoveries impossible in, 66.
" modern work in, 156-7.
" modern classification criticised, 187-8.
Orpheus, 151.
Oxford, approach to, 119.
" Brasenose Lane, filth of, 119.
" charm and power of its buildings, Lect. v., end.
" colleges, style of their buildings, 239.
" disuse of academicals at, its meaning, 221.
" education, 177, 237.
" idea of its possible beauty, 179.
" improvements at, 118. Lect. v., end.
" new church at, 63.
" "motto" of, 120.
" printsellers' windows at, art in the, 217.
" object of study at, 95.
" its teaching, ancient idea of, 121.
" undergraduates and author's lectures, 1.
Padua, Eccelin of, 35.
Painting on glass, a lost art, 33.
" perfection of, reached only in Venice, 82. See s. _Art_,
_Drawing_.
"Pale," the heraldic, 235.
_Pall Mall Gazette_, (Jan. 29, 1869), quoted, 63.
Paradise Row, 206.
Paris, art in, 82.
Parliament, its work done by night, 104.
" the little good done by, 179.
---- Houses of, their affected architecture, 201.
Parrot, the "climber," 188.
Passion, not full of intemperance, 72.
Passions, the, controlled in dancing, 13.
" " ruled by Sophia (σοφίa), 19.
Patronymics, meaning of Greek, 168.
Pausanias quoted, 199.
Peace, man's search for, 204.
" how to be found, 205.
Peacocks and pheasants, Darwinian connection of, 185.
Pelides, 168.
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