Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, Volume 1

Shearjashub Spooner

A.W. Lovering, 1880 - Art - 340 pages

Contents

• Advantages of the Cultivation of the Fine Arts: 6
• Antiquity of the Fine Arts: 12
• Painting from Nature: 18
• Apelles Foaming Charger: 24
• Wests first remarkable Feat: 30
• Wests Ambition: 33
• Michael Angelo: 47
• Washington Allston: 60
• Raffaelle and Michael Angelo: 71
• Portraits of Pope Julius II: 78
• Death of Rubens: 85
• Campus Martius: 91
• Kneller and James II: 97
• Berninis Works: 103
• The Nude Figure: 109
• The Biggest Lie: 118
• Gilbert Charles Stuart: 124
• Stuarts Scholarship: 131
• Stuarts Return to America: 137
• Pausias: 148
• Praxiteles: 154
• Hogarths Apprenticeship: 160
• Hogarth: 166
• Hogarths March to Finchley: 172
• Davids Picture of the Coronation of Napoleon: 178
• David and the Duke of Wellington: 184
• Reynolds Prices: 191
• Johnsons Apology for Portrait Painting: 197
• Reynolds First Attempts in Art: 199
• Reynolds Criticism on Rubens: 205
• Influence of the Inquisition upon Spanish Painting: 211
• Don Diego Velasquez: 226
• Tristan and El Greco: 230
• Canos Hatred of the Jews: 232
• Correggios Grand Cupola of the Cathedral: 246
• Correggio ever visit Rome?: 259
• Magdalen by Correggio: 264
• Extraordinary Talents of Da Vinci: 268
• Da Vincis Sketch Books: 275
• Da Vinci and the Prior: 282
• Sir Christopher Wren: 290
• The Genius of Banks: 297
• The Personal Appearance and Character of Banks: 299
• 99: 1
• Fuseli Literary and Poetical Taste: 60
• Fuselis Nightmare: 66
• Fuseli and the Banker Coutts: 72
• Fuselis Sarcasms on Northcote: 78
• Fuselis Opinion of his own Attainment of Happiness 84: 84
• Fuselis near Sight 87: 87
• Salvator Rosas Return to Rome 93: 93
• Kneller and Clostermans: 100
• Salvator Rosas Harpsichord 106: 106
• Salvator Rosas Desire to be Considered an Histo: 112
• Domenichino 121: 121
• Proof of the Merits of Domenichino 127: 127
• Giuseppe Ribera called Il Spagnoletto his early: 133
• Riberas Disposition 137: 137
• Foreshortening 145: 145
• 184: 184
• Statue of the Fighting Gladiator 187: 187
• Sir John Soane 191: 191
• George Morland 197: 197
• Morlands Social Position 203: 203
• Morlands Apprehension as a Spy 209: 209
• Jervas and Dr Arbuthnot 215: 215
• 228: 228
• Cimabues Passion for Art 252: 252
• Giotto and Dante 266: 266
• Utility of Ancient Works 280: 280
• Claude Joseph Vernet 295: 295
• Vernet at Rome 298: 298
• Anecdote of Charles Vernet 311: 311
• 185: 59
• Death of Brower 184: 184
• 186: 186
• Cambiasos Artistic Merits 190: 190
• 192: 192
• Esteban Marchs Strange Method of Study 198: 198
• Canos Love of Sculpture 204: 204
• 229: 229
• Jacopo Amiconi 249: 249
• Benvenuto Cellini 255: 255
• The Notte of Correggio 259: 259
• Painting among the Greeks 265: 265
• Restoring Ancient Edifices 274: 274
• The Napoleon Medals 281: 281
• Interesting Drawing 287: 287
• Removal of the Venetian Horses from Paris 296: 296
• The Musée Français and the Musée Royal 302: 302
• Bernini and Louis XIV: iii

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, Volume 1; Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, Shearjashub Spooner
• Author: Shearjashub Spooner
• Publisher: A.W. Lovering, 1880
• Original from: Princeton University
• Digitized: Apr 3, 2009
• ISBN: 0608400017, 9780608400013
• Length: 340 pages
• Subjects: Art / General