Apelles and the Cobbler, i, 23;
    his Foaming Charger, i, 24;
    his Freedom with Alexander, i, 25;
    Apelles and Protogenes, i, 25;
    the celebrated Contest of Lines, i, 26;
    his Generosity to Protogenes, i, 28.

  Apelles of Ephesus, i, 93;
    his Treatment by Ptolomy Philopator, i, 94;
    his Revenge in his famous Picture of Calumny, i, 94;
    Lucian’s description of it, i, 94;
    Raffaelle’s Drawing of it, i, 95;
    Proof that there were two Painters named Apelles, i, 95.

  Apollo Belvidere—­West’s Criticism, i, 41.

  Apollo, Colossal Etruscan, i, 90.

  Apollo Sauroctonos, i, 155.

  Apollodorus the Painter, i, 162;
    his Works and Style, i, 163.

  Apollodorus the Architect, i, 163;
    his Worke, i, 164;
    Trajan’s Column, i, 164;
    Apollodorus and Adrian, i, 165;
    his Wicked Death, i, 165.

  Aqueducts of Ancient Rome, ii 152.

  Arch, Origin and Antiquity of the, ii. 41.

  Arches, Triumphal, ii, 157.

  Archimedes, iii, 77;
    his Genius, Discoveries, and Inventions, iii, 77;
    his Wonderful Machines, iii, 78;
    his Death and Monument, iii, 79;
    Story of his Burning Glasses proved true, iii, 79.

  Ardemans and Bocanegra—­a Trial of Skill, iii, 201.

  Art, Egyptian, iii, 1-42, and iii, 263.

  Art, Grecian, derived from the Egyptian—­Champollion’s Opinion, iii, 1;
    Origin of, iii, 265.

  Athenians, Ingratitude of, to Artists, i, 159.

  Backhuysen, Ludolph, Sketch of his Life and Works, iii, 235.

  Banks, Thomas—­his Ambition, i, 2;
    his Character, i, 295;
    his Genius, i, 297;
    his Kindness to Young Sculptors, i, 298;
    his Personal Appearance and Habits, i, 299;
    Flaxman’s Tribute, i, 300.

  Barry, James—­his Enthusiasm, i, 2;
    his Poverty, Death, and Monument, i, 3;
    Johnson’s Opinion of his Genius, i, 3.

  Bassano, Jacopo—­singular instance of his Skill, ii, 139.

  Beaumont, Sir George—­his Opinion of the Importance of the
   Fine Arts, i, 7;
   his Enthusiasm and munificent gift to the English National
   Gallery, i, 7.

  Beauty, Ideal, as Conceived and Practiced by the Greatest
    Masters, ii, 247.

  Belzoni—­his Travels in Egypt, iii, 25.

  The Belzoni Sarcophagus, ii, 194.

  Bernazzano, the Zeuxis of Italy, ii, 140.

  Bernini, the Cav., i, 101;
    his Precocity, i, 101;
    his Bust of Charles I. and his Prediction, i, 101;

  Bernini and Louis XIV., i, 102;
    his Triumphal Visit to Paris, i, 102;
    the Medal struck in his Honor, i, 103;
    his Works, i, 103;
    his Restoration of the Verospi Hercules, i, 104;
    Lanzi’s Critique, i, 103;
    his Love of Splendor and his Riches, i, 104;
    Bernini and Urban VIII., iii, 256.