EGYPT. |
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The Delta. The Oldest Monuments, if not the most Ancient Civilization of the World | 1, 2 |
Changeless Continuity of Life and Art | 2 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
The Age, Purpose, and Architectural Significance of the Pyramids | 3–5 |
The Pyramids of Gizeh | 5–7 |
Variety of Pyramidal Forms | 8, 9 |
The Pyramids of Saccara, Meydoun, Dashour, Abousere, and Illahoun | 9–12 |
Table of Dimensions | 12 |
The Younger Pyramids of Nubia. Truncated Pyramids | 12 |
Rock-cut Tombs | 13 |
Development of Column from Pier | 14 |
The Tombs at Beni-hassan | 14, 15 |
Development of the Lotos-column | 16, 17 |
The Invasion of the Hycsos. Restriction of the Prismatic Shaft. Extended Application of the Floral Columnin the New Theban Empire | 18, 19 |
The Calyx Capital | 20, 21 |
Piers with Figures of Osiris and Typhon. Entablature | 21 |
Cavern Sepulchres | 22 |
Temple Plan, Obelisks | 23 |
Peristyle Court | 25 |
Hypostyle Hall | 26, 27 |
The Dwellings of Kings and Priests | 28 |
Peripteral Temples | 29 |
Rock-cut Temples | 30 |
The Monuments at Abou-Simbel | 31, 32 |
Palatial and Domestic Architecture | 33 |
Interiors | 34 |
The Labyrinth | 35 |
Unimportant Character of Secular Architecture | 36 |
SCULPTURE. |
Fundamental and Changeless Peculiarities | 36 |
Conventional Types | 37 |
The Formation of the Head | 38 |
Head-dresses. Conjunction of Human Trunks and Animal Heads | 39 |
The Body. Lack of Progressiveness and of History | 40 |
Animal Forms | 41 |
Materials | 42 |
Reliefs | 43 |
Coilanaglyphics | 44 |
The Variety and Interest of the Subjects Illustrated | 45 |
PAINTING. |
Intimate Relation to Sculpture. Hieroglyphics | 46 |
Painting as an Architectural Decoration. Retrospect | 47 |
CHALDÆA, BABYLONIA, AND ASSYRIA. |
The Traditional Age. The Land and People | 48 |
Building Materials. Clay and Bitumen | 49 |
Perishable Character of the Monuments. Hills of Rubbish Recognized as Cities | 50 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
Chaldæa. |
The Ruins of Mugheir, or Ur | 50 |
Warka and Abou-Sharein | 51 |
The Principle of the Arch | 52 |
Political History | 53 |
Babylon. |
The Fabulous Account of Herodotos | 54 |
The Temple Pyramid at Borsippa | 56 |
Palace Structures. The Hanging Gardens of Semiramis | 57 |
Private Dwellings. Works of Engineering | 58 |
Assyria. |
Nineveh | 59 |
The Discoveries of Layard and Botta | 60 |
The Hills of Coyundjic and Nebbi-Jonas | 61 |
Royal Dwellings | 62 |
The Palace at Kisr-Sargon | 63–65 |
Terrace Pyramids | 66 |
Lighting and Roofing | 66, 67 |
The Restriction of Columnar Architecture | 68 |
The Forms of Small Columns | 69–71 |
Vaulted Construction | 71 |
The Pointed Arch | 72 |
The General Appearance of the Palaces | 73 |
Sacred Architecture | 74 |
Terrace Pyramids | 75 |
The Cella | 76 |
The Dwellings of the Priests | 77 |
Altars and Obelisks | 78 |
Domestic Architecture | 79, 80 |
SCULPTURE. |
Little Represented in Chaldæa | 81 |
Babylonian Seals and Gems | 82 |
Enamelled Tiles | 83 |
Statues | 85 |
Conventional Types | 85, 86 |
Cherubims | 87 |
Mural Reliefs | 87–89 |
Variance from Egyptian Sculpture | 90 |
Historical Reliefs | 91–93 |
Religious Representations | 94 |
Formal Landscapes. Bronzes | 95, 96 |
PAINTING. |
Upon Tiles and Stucco | 96 |
Colors | 97 |
The General Appearance of Assyrian Architecture, as Decorated by Reliefs and Paintings | 98 |
PERSIA. |
Historical Considerations | 99 |
The Artistic Poverty of the Medes. The Achæmenidæ. Their Chief Cities | 100 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
Persepolis | 101, 102 |
The Characteristic Differences of Persian and Mesopotamian Building | 102 |
The Introduction of Columns | 103 |
Columnar Forms | 103, 104 |
Capitals | 105–107 |
The Entablature | 108 |
Plan of the Palace of Darius | 109–113 |
Its State of Preservation | 110 |
Illumination | 110, 111 |
Upper Stories | 111–113 |
The Palace and Hall of Xerxes | 114 |
The Propylæa | 115 |
The Harem | 116, 117 |
The Disposition of the Terrace | 117 |
Fire Altars | 118 |
Funeral Monuments | 119–121 |
Tomb of Cyrus | 119 |
Tombs of the Later Achæmenidæ | 120 |
Tombs of Subjects | 121 |
Domestic Architecture | 121 |
SCULPTURE. |
Its Dependence upon the Art of Assyria | 121 |
Egyptian and Hellenic Influences | 122 |
Mythological and Ceremonial Representations | 123–125 |
The Sculptured Decoration of Palaces and Terraces | 126, 127 |
Rarity of Historical Scenes | 128 |
PAINTING. |
Chiefly Ornamental | 128 |
General Harmony of the Three Arts | 129 |
PHŒNICIA, PALESTINE, AND ASIA MINOR. |
Extensive Artistic Influence of Mesopotamia in Point of Distance as well as of Time | 130 |
The Seleucidæ. The Sassanidæ | 131, 132 |
Phœnicia. |
Explorations in Recent Times | 132, 133 |
The Chief Cities | 133 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
Ruins at Amrith | 134, 135 |
The Monuments known as El-Meghazil | 135–137 |
The Grotto Tombs of Central Phœnicia. Sarcophagi at Jebeil | 137, 138 |
Domestic Architecture | 138 |
SCULPTURE. |
Work of Driven Metal (Sphyrelaton) | 139 |
Bronzes | 139, 140 |
Inlaid Work. Ivory Carvings. Glass | 140 |
Influence of the Sphyrelaton upon Sculptural Style | 141 |
Stone-cutting | 142 |
The Decisive Influence of both Egypt and Mesopotamia | 143 |
Palestine. |
The Dependence of the Jews in Artistic respects upon Egypt | 143 |
The Tabernacle | 143–147 |
Its Disposition | 144, 145 |
Its Columns. The Horns of the Altar. The Seven-armed Candlestick | 145, 146 |
The Holy of Holies. Cherubim | 146, 147 |
Solomon’s Temple | 147–156 |
Untrustworthiness of Biblical Accounts | 147 |
Construction of the Building. Its Site | 148 |
The Brazen Laver | 149 |
“Jachin and Boaz” | 149–151 |
The Tower | 151, 152 |
Interior. Upper Story | 153, 154 |
Materials | 154 |
Decoration. The Molten Sea. The Mercy-seat and Cherubim | 155 |
The Destruction and Rebuilding of this Temple | 156 |
Its Architectural Character | 157 |
Rock-cut Tombs | 157, 158 |
Cyprus and Carthage. |
The Rock-cut Tombs at Paphos | 160 |
The Temple of Aphrodite at Golgoi. Cesnola’s Discoveries | 161, 162 |
The Ruins of Carthage | 163 |
Malta, the Balearic Isles, Sardinia | 163 |
Asia Minor. |
An Independent Art Found only in Lycia, Phrygia, and Lydia | 164 |
The Rock-cut Tombs of Lycia. The Timbered Dwelling Carved in Stone | 165, 166 |
The Monument of the Harpies at Xanthos | 167 |
Lycian Sarcophagi | 168 |
Temple Façades Imitated upon Cliffs | 169 |
The Rock-cut Tombs of Phrygia | 171, 172 |
The Tumuli of Lydia | 173, 174 |
HELLAS. |
The Ægean Sea the Centre of Greek Civilization | 175 |
The Dorians and the Ionians | 176 |
The Development of Poetry Earlier than that of Art | 177 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
The Tholos of Atreus | 179–183 |
The Phœnician Character of its Decoration | 183 |
The Grave at Menidi | 183 |
The Treasure-houses of the Pelopidæ | 184 |
Tumuli | 185 |
The Common Modes of Burial | 186 |
Pyramids | 186, 187 |
Primitive Fortifications. Tiryns | 187 |
Mykenæ | 188 |
Gateways and Portals | 189–193 |
The Agora of Mykenæ | 192 |
Primitive Temple Cellas without Columns | 192, 193 |
The Structure upon Mt. Ocha. Timbered Roofs and Ceilings. The Origin of the Doric Entablature | 195–197 |
The Decorative Painting of Woodwork | 197 |
The Doric Column | 197–199 |
Its Egyptian Prototype | 198 |
The Development of the Temple-plan | 199–202 |
The Temple in Antis | 199 |
Prostylos | 200 |
Amphiprostylos. Peripteros | 201 |
Stone Construction | 202 |
The Entasis | 203 |
The Capital | 204 |
The Inclination of the Columns | 205 |
The Details of the Entablature | 206–209 |
Polychromy | 210 |
Curvatures | 211, 212 |
The Pteroma and Ceiling | 213 |
Illumination | 214 |
Archaic Doric Temples | 215 |
The Progress of this Style. Selinous | 216 |
Corinth | 217 |
Acragas | 219 |
Olympia. Ægina | 222 |
The Supremacy of Athens | 223 |
The Theseion | 224 |
The Parthenon | 225 |
The Propylæa | 226 |
Phigalia | 227 |
Eleusis | 228 |
The Ionic Style. Its Intimate Relation to Oriental Architecture | 229, 230 |
The Capital | 231–233 |
The Entablature | 234 |
Its Want of Historical Development | 235 |
Phigalia | 236 |
The Ionic Monuments of Asia Minor | 237–240 |
The Ionic Monuments of Attica | 240–245 |
The Temple upon the Ilissos | 241 |
The Propylæa | 242 |
The Erechtheion | 243–245 |
Caryatides | 245 |
The Corinthian Capital | 246–249 |
The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens | 249 |
Monumental Tombs | 250 |
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassos | 251, 252 |
The Monument of the Nereides at Xanthos | 252 |
The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates | 253 |
The so-called Tower of the Winds at Athens | 253 |
The Stoa | 253–255 |
The Palæstra | 255 |
The Gymnasion | 256 |
The Stadion and Hippodrome | 257 |
The Theatre and Odeion | 258–260 |
Domestic Architecture. Palaces | 260, 261 |
The Boundless Luxury of the Diadochi | 261 |
SCULPTURE. |
The Unrivalled Perfection of the Art. Its Fundamental Deviation from the Principles of Egyptian Sculpture | 264, 265 |
Its Dependence upon Western Asia | 266 |
Empaistic Work. Xoana | 267 |
Dædalos | 268 |
The Homeric Shield of Achilles. Its Workmanship and Artistic Importance | 269–271 |
Pseudo-Hesiodic Shield of Heracles | 272 |
The Gate of the Lions at Mykenæ | 273, 274 |
Schliemann’s Excavations upon the Acropolis of Mykenæ | 274, 275 |
The Chest of Kypselos. The Throne of Apollo at Amyclæ | 276–278 |
The Introduction of Bronze Casting. Marble-cutting and Chryselephantine Work | 278–281 |
The Potter Boutades | 278 |
Glaucos. Rhoicos and Theodores | 279 |
Boupalos and Athenis | 280 |
Dipoinos and Skyllis | 281, 282 |
The First Metopes at Selinous | 283, 284 |
Archaic Statues at Miletos | 285 |
Reliefs at Assos. The Apollo of Thera | 286 |
The Stele of Aristion | 287, 288 |
The Second Metopes at Selinous | 290 |
Archaistic Works | 291, 292 |
The Gable Sculptures of the Temple of Ægina | 293–296 |
The School of Ægina: Callon and Onatas | 296, 297 |
The School of Attica: Hegias, Critios, and Nesiotes | 297 |
Canachos | 298 |
Agelades | 299 |
Calamis | 300 |
Pythagoras | 301 |
Myron | 302, 303 |
The Progress of Athens after the Persian Wars | 303 |
Pheidias | 304–315 |
The Athene Parthenos | 310–313 |
The Panathenaic Frieze | 313–315 |
The Metopes | 316 |
The Scholars of Pheidias. Agoracritos | 316, 317 |
The Gable Sculptures of the Temple of Olympia | 317, 318 |
The Victory of Paionios | 319 |
The Scholars of Myron | 320 |
The Phigalian Frieze | 321 |
Callimachos and Demetrios | 322 |
Polycleitos | 322–326 |
The Third Metopes at Selinous | 327, 328 |
The Extent of the School of Attica and Argos. Kephisodotos | 329 |
Scopas | 330–333 |
The Niobids | 331, 332 |
Praxiteles | 333 |
The Scholars of Scopas and Praxiteles. The Sculptures of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassos | 334 |
The Hermes of Olympia | 335, 336 |
The Venus of Melos | 338, 339 |
Silanion and Euphranor | 340 |
Lysippos | 340–344 |
The School of Lysippos | 344, 345 |
The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Period | 346, 347 |
The Altar at Pergamon | 347, 348 |
The so-called Dying Gladiator | 348, 349 |
The School of Pergamon | 349, 350 |
The School of Rhodes. The Laocoon | 351–353 |
The Farnese Bull | 353–355 |
The Apollo Belvedere | 356–358 |
The Introduction of Greek Sculpture into Rome | 358–360 |
The Borghese Gladiator | 361 |
The Belvedere Torso | 362 |
The Hellenic Renaissance in Rome | 363–366 |
PAINTING. |
Lack of all Remains | 366 |
Its Early Development Fictitiously Related by Pliny. Eumaros. Kimon | 367 |
Polygnotos | 368, 369 |
The Scenography of Agatharchos. Of Apollodoros | 370 |
Zeuxis | 371, 372 |
Parrhasios | 373, 374 |
Timanthes | 374 |
The School of Sikyon: Eupompos, Pamphilos | 375 |
Melanthios. Pausias | 376 |
The School of Thebes and Athens: Nicomachos, Aristides, Euphranor | 377, 378 |
Nikias | 378 |
Apelles | 379–382 |
Protogenes | 383 |
Antiphilos. Ætion. Asclepiodoros. Theon | 384 |
Hellenistic Painting. Timomachos | 385 |
Trivial and Obscene Subjects. Mosaic. Sosos | 386 |
ETRURIA. |
Relationship to the Arts of Greece | 387 |
ARCHITECTURE. |
The so-called Cyclopean Walls. Arched Gates | 388 |
Vaulted Canals | 389 |
Cemeteries. Tumuli. The Tomb of Porsena | 390 |
Imitations of Dwellings upon Tombs | 391, 392 |
Grotto Sepulchres | 392 |
Imitations of Temple Façades upon Cliffs | 393, 394 |
Norchia | 394, 395 |
The Etruscan Temple | 396, 397 |
The Dwelling-house | 397 |
Its Court | 398, 399 |
Lack of Progressive Architectural History | 399, 400 |
SCULPTURE. |
Museums. The Oldest or Decorative Period. Phœnician Importations | 400 |
The Influence of Western Asia Superseded by that of Greece | 401, 402 |
The Sarcophagus of Cære | 402 |
Realism. Sculpture in Marble | 403 |
The Bronze Chariot from Perugia | 404 |
The Capitoline Wolf. Engraved Mirrors | 405 |
Height of Etruscan Art. Hellenistic Influences | 406 |
Sculptured Sarcophagi | 406, 407 |
Terra-cottas and Bronzes | 408 |
The Similarity of late Etruscan to Roman Sculpture | 408, 409 |
PAINTING. |
Its Development Similar to that of Sculpture. The Ornamental and Dependent Period | 409 |
Realistic Characteristics | 409, 410 |
The Wall-paintings of Cære and Corneto | 409, 410 |