Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) eBook

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Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 298 pages of information about Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3).

  Obelisks, Egyptian, iii, 30;
    Number of, at Rome, ii, 152;
    Removal of one by Fontana, iii, 33;
    Removal of one from Thebes to Paris, iii, 40;
    Cleopatra’s Needles, iii, 42.

  Odeon, the first at Athens, ii, 182.

  Olynthian Captive, Story of, i, 151.

  Origin of Label Painting, ii, 278.

  Pacheco—­his Opinions on Art as restricted by the Inquisition, i, 212.

  Pareda, Antonio—­his Artifice to Keep up Appearances, iii, 202.

  Pareja, Juan de, the Slave of Velasquez, i, 228;
    his Love of Painting and his Success, i, 229;
    his Gratitude to his Master, i, 229.

  Painter, perilous adventure of a, iii, 245

  Painter of Florence, Curious Legend of the, iii, 217

  Painter-Friar, the Devil, and the Virgin, iii, 220.

  Painting among the Egyptians, iii, 1 and 263.

  Painting among the Greeks, i, 22, 27, and iii, 265.

  Painting among the Romans, i, 88, and ii, 152.

  Painting, Revival of, in Italy, ii, 244.

  Painting, Italian Schools of, ii, 292.

  Painting, Golden Age of, in Italy, ii, 149;
    Lanzi’s Philosophy of, ii, 150;
    Milizia’s, ii, 154.

  Painting—­different Schools Compared, i, 110.

  Painting, Effects of, on the Mind, i, 147.

  Painting from Nature, i, 18.

  Painting, Oil, Invention of, ii, 141.

  Painting, oldest Oil, extant, iii, 181.

  Painting, Portrait, Johnson’s Apology for, i, 197.

  Painting, Origin of Label, ii, 278.

  Paintings transferred from Walls and Panels to Canvas, ii, 146.

  Paintings, Curious, iii, 180.

  Paintings, Evanescent, i, 106.

  Palace, Nero’s Golden, ii, 155.

  Palaces of Rome, iii, 65.

  Palmaroli—­his Method of transferring Paintings from Walls and Panels
    to Canvas, ii, 147.

  Pantoja and the Eagle, iii, 205.

  Parrhasius, i, 150;
    his Demos and other Works, i, 150;
    the Olynthian Captive, i, 151;
    his Vanity, i, 152.

  Parthenon at Athens, ii, 170;
    its Dilapidation, by the Venetians, Turks, and Lord Elgin, ii, 171.

  Pausias, i, 148; his Works and the Garland Twiner, i, 148.

  Perpetual Lamps, ii, 182.

  Pharos, Light-house of, ii, 164.

  Phidias, i, 157;
    his Statue of Minerva, i, 158, and ii, 171;
    Phidias and Alcamenes, i, 159;
    Ingratitude of the Athenians, i, 159;
    his Olympian Jupiter, i, 17, and i, 160;
    his Model for the Olympian Jupiter, i, 161.

  Picture of Ialysus and his Dog, Protogenes, i, 149, and i, 281.

  Picture of Calumny, Apelles’, i, 94.

  Picture of the Virgin, the Miraculous, iii, 211.

  Pictures, first brought to Rome, i, 88.

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