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
Reed, Mr., of Doncaster, bird-stuffer, 174.
Refinement, loss of pleasure with increase of, 82 seq.
Regillus, battle of Lake, 215.
Religionists, errors of, 79.
Renaissance, Italian, 86.
" the so-called, 236.
Reu, chapel of, 92.
Reynolds (Sir J.), 218.
" anatomy and, 154.
" child and dog, by, 151-4.
" speed of, 139.
Richard Cœur de Lion, 240.
Ridiculous, the, 16.
Ritualism, 73.
Rivalry, modern, and Venetian art, 82.
Robson, 41.
Roland, 240.
Roman history, its lessons, 215.
Rome, fresco painting of, 226.
" power of domestic life in, 170.
Rouen Cathedral, 92.
Rowing, art of, 12.
Royal Academy, failure of power at exhibition 1871, 89.
" " vulgar sending of portraits to the, 151.
Royal Society, 6.
Rubens' Rainbow, 129 _n._
Rubric, 226.
Sacrament, dispute of the, by Raphael, 46.
Saint Andrew's Cross, 235.
" George and the Dragon, 117.
" Hilaire and natural history, 158.
" Mark's, Venice, doves at, 62.
" Michael (coin stamped with), 117.
" Paul's Cathedral, worship in, 61.
Saltire, the heraldic, 235.
"Sanitas," 68.
Scaligers, arms of the, 235.
Scansores (Birds), 187.
Scholarship, the aim of true, 7.
Schools of art, should encourage constructive power, 20.
Science
aim of right, 3.
ancient and modern men of, 100.
aspects of modern, 65.
art and:--
artistic invention unaided by, 140.
together give complete truth, 58. See s. _Art_, _Artist_.
conduct, the science of, the one s. essential to art, 161.
defined, 37, 38, 65.
discovery and, their relations, 66.
eagle-eyed, 36.
function of, to explain the laws of life, 206.
man in relation to, 22.
modesty of, in wise appreciation, Lect. IV., 72, 172.
nomenclature and, 96, 186.
originality in, demanded, 33.
power of, deadly, 20.
progress in, its vanity, 33. See below s. _Vanity_.
pursuit of:--
selfish and unselfish, 33.
tone of right, 76.
rank and classification of different, 67, 186-87.
theology and, 67.
vanity in, its effect, 33, 74.
wisdom and folly in, 20 _seq._
" in unselfishness, 76, 172.
See s. _Anatomy_, _Astronomy_, _Chemistry_, _Clouds_,
_Cuvier_, _Discovery_, _Folly_, _Heat_, _Invention_,
_Natural History_.
Scotland, the Scottish Lion, 235.
" treaty with Charlemagne, _ib._
Scott, Sir W., Antiquary (Edie Ochiltree), referred to, 222.
Sculpture at Abbeville, 91.
" perfection in, reached only in Athens and Etruria, 82.
"Scutum," derivatives of, 230.
Sea-mew, the, Greek myth of, 190.
Self-command and imagination, 26.
Self-interest, as a motive-power in revolution, 208-9.
Selfishness, how far unconquerable, 31-2.
Self-satisfaction in one's own work, right and wrong, 81.
Semmes, Captain, and the _Alabama_, 24.
Sense, faculty of, 8.
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