Chapter 8

Abacus,52Abd-er-Rahman, Caliph,126Acropolis,61,62Adan, the,126Age of Legend (Greece),46Agrippa,76Albert Hall, South Kensington,181Alexander the Great;17;and Thais,34Alexandria, obelisks at,15Alhambra;129;described by De Amicis,129,130American architecture;youth of,181;domestic,183,184;periods of,184;modern writer on,186;promise of,188,190(andseeUnited States)Amytis,30Ancient or heathen art,2Ancient architecture;87;change from, to Gothic,79;adapted to climate and use,172Andrea del Sarto,153Angers, church at,103Antæ.SeepilastersArabs,128Arcades;combined from Greek and Etruscan art,76;of Ducal Palace, Venice,142Arc de l'Étoile (Paris),165Arch;knowledge of principle of,73;found in Etruscan ruins,73;oldest in Europe (of Cloaca Maxima),74;the Roman triumphal,81;of Titus,82;of Septimius Severus,82;of Beneventum,82,83;Roman,83;(Gothic) unending use of,95;French use of pointed,96;early use of pointed,123;examples of, in Court of the Lions,130;examples of, in Ducal Palace,142;triumphal, in France,164Architecturein general,1Architrave,52,56Art;as effected by Athenian influence,67;(Gothic) religious use of,103;(Gothic) revival of,104;(Gothic) applied to civic edifices,104;of Renaissance, and Filippo Brunelleschi,134–138;(Italian) 145;(Italian) as a means of religion,154Artaxerxes Ochus, palace of,38Artemisia,68,69Assouan.SeeSyeneAssyria;ruins of,21;cuneiform inscriptions found in,21;religious influence in,22;bas-reliefs of,22;palaces of, described,23–26;Hercules of,24;excelling inarchitects and designers,28;obelisk of,28,29Assyrian pillars, shaft of,12Assyrians, Persians taught by,34Astronomy, and Birs-i-Nimrud,32Athena;Parthenos,62;Polias;statue of,62,64;Promachos,62(andseeMinerva)Athens;Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at,57;Erechtheium at,59;Acropolis of,61;municipal buildings of,67Attic base,55Attic-Ionic style, the Erechtheium an example of,65Aue-Kirche (Munich),175Augustines, church of the (Paris),160Augustus (Emperor), boast of,80Autharis,90Avenue of Sphinxes,13Babylon;inscriptions of,21;hanging gardens of,29;temples of,30;temple of Belus at,31;prophecies concerning,33Babylonians;knowledge of, as builders,30;Persians taught by,34Bacchus, monument of Lysicrates dedicated to,68Baptistery at Florence,90Barry, Sir Charles,171Base;Grecian Doric,11;decorations on, at Persepolis,41;Attic,55;Ionic,55;Tuscan order of,76;Composite,76Basilica;of St. Paul's (Rome),88;of the Escurial,146,148;near St. Mark's,114;at Munich,175Basilicas;of Rome,78;of Trajan and Maxentius,79;columns of,79;given up to Christians,87Bas-reliefs, of Assyria,22Baths;of Agrippa,76;of Diocletian,80;of Caracalla,80Battiste Monegro, statues of Escurial by,149Bavaria, bronze statue of,176Bedford House,184Belus, temple of (Babylon),31Belzoni, and tomb of Seti I.,7Beneventum, arch of,82,83Beni-Hassan, tombs at,5Benvenuto Cellini,153Bergamo, porch at,112Berlin;Brandenburg Gate at,173;New Museum at,177Bianca, wife of Francesco Sforza,144Birs-i-Nimrud,32Bishop of Paris, St. Germain,173Boodroom, name of Halicarnassus changed to,70Boulevards (Paris),164Bourse (Lyons),162Bow Church (London), steeple of,168Bramante;140;great court (Milan), designed by,144Brandenburg Gate (Berlin),173British Museum,169Broletto at Como,112Brunelleschi, Filippo;134;and story of Columbus and the egg,138;statue of (Florence),138;architect of Pitti Palace,138,154Byzantine order, the;geographical boundaries of,93;in Southern Italy,111,115;and Constantinople,117;the dome the chief characteristic of,117;and the Greek Church,117;decline of,117;exterior and interior of,119Byzantine-Romanesque,115,122Cæsar, works of,134Cairo;mosque at,123;mosque near,125Caliph Abd-er-Rahman,126Callimachus (sculptor), and Corinthian capital,58,59Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College at,169Campaniles,112,114(andseeClock-tower).Canterbury Cathedral, and pointed arches,124Capital;definition of,11;varieties of in Great Hall of Karnak,40;Grecian,52;Ionic,55;of Corinthian order,57,58;of Roman Composite order,75;variety of in mosque of Cordova,128;in Ducal Palace,142Capitol;State and National,181;at Washington,182,183;of Ohio,183;at Albany,188Car of Victory, and Napoleon,173Cardinal Richelieu,154Caria, King of,69Caryatides;59;of the Walhalla,178Casino;at Newport,188;at New York,188Castle of Wartburg,109,110Cathedral;at Aix-la-Chapelle,123;at Florence,136,138;at Jaen,146;at Valladolid,146;of St. Paul's London,167;at New York,188Cecilia Metella, tomb of,84Cella,51Central Park, New York, obelisk in,16Chambord, château of,154,161Champs Elysées, Arc de l'Étoile in (Paris),165Charlemagne,123Charles I. of England and classic art,134Charles V. of Spain, abdication of,146Charles IX. of France,161Chehl Minar,38(andseeGreat Hall of Audience)Chenonceaux, châteaux of,154Cheops.SeePyramidsChiswick House, Inigo Jones designer of,167Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (Athens),57Choragus,67Christians;art of, in Sicily,116;under Constantine,87;rise and progress of architecture of,87;influence of belief of,93Church;of San Miniato,115;of Mother of God (Constantinople),123;of St. Vitale (Ravenna),123;of the Escurial,155;of the Sarbonne,156;of St. Genevieve,158(andseePantheon);of the Invalides (Paris),156–158;of the Trinity (Paris),160;of the Madeleine (Paris),160;of the Augustines (Paris),160;of St. Paul's (Covent Garden),166;of St. Stephen's (Walbrook),168;of St. Ludwig (Munich),175Churches;early forms of, in Italy,89;(Gothic) interiors of,98,rood-screens of,107;of Burgos,105;of Toledo,105;of Malaga and Segovia,146Churriguera, Josef de,146Churrigueresque style,146Civic order, Broletto at Como,112Classic style, revival of, in Germany,172Classic literature of Rome, influence of,153Cleopatra's Needles,15Cloaca Maxima (Rome),74Clock-tower; near St. Mark's (Venice),114(andseeCampanile)Cologne, great cathedral of,10Colonial period (America),184Colosseum,80Colossi,13(andseeRameses the Great)Columbaria,84,85Columns;11;of Hypostyle Hall (Karnak),11;Assyrian knowledge of,28;of Great Hall of Audience,39,40;Persian development of,42;Grecian,52;Ionic,56;of temple of Diana (Ephesus),60;of green jasper at St. Sophia,61;Tuscan order of,76;of basilicas,79; of St. Paul's (Rome),89;of St. Sophia,120;of mosque of Cordova,127,128;of the Alhambra,129,130;in court-yard of the Escurial,149;of the Pantheon,158;of Victory, in France,164;of portico of Ruhmeshalle,176(andsee"Groves of Pillars"andPillars)Composite order,75Constantine, Emperor;2;Egypt in time of,19;arch of,81;Christians under,87,117Constantinople;St. Sophia at,61;and Byzantine order,117Convent of Escurial,150,151Cordova, mosque at,126Corinthian capital,58,59Corinthian order;52;57;capital of,57,58;shown in the Madeleine (Paris),160Cornice,53,76Count of Thuringia,110Court of the Lions,129,130Cragie House (Cambridge),184Crown, iron, of Theodolinda,92Crypt of the Invalides,158Custom House at Rouen,162Cyrus, tomb of,42,43Darius;palace of,38;tomb of,43Dark Ages,134De Amicis;quoted concerning the mosque of Cordova,126;quoted concerning the Escurial,148–152Diana,60Diocletian, palace of (Spalatro),86Distyle in Antis,51Doge's Palace (Venice),114(andseeDucal Palace)Dome;chief characteristic of Byzantine architecture,117;119;of the cathedral of Florence,138;of St. Peter's (Rome),138;of the Invalides,157;of the Pantheon (Paris),158;of the Capitol (Washington),183Domes of St. Mark's (Venice),114Domestic architecture;Egyptian study of,16;of Greece,70;of Rome,85;Gothic,109;of Spain,152;of France,162;examples of, in Great Britain,169;of America,183,184Doric order;imitated old Egyptian tombs,7;characteristics of,52–54;traced back,54;and Ionic order, compared,57;Propylæa and Parthenon as examples of,64Dresden, new theatre and picture gallery of,177Ducal Palace (Venice), and John Ruskin,142(andseeDoge's Palace)"Easterns," the,123(andseeSaracens)Ebed, the,126Ecbatana, palace of,34Echinus,52Eclectic style,188Edfou, temple of,17'Early Spanish' architecture,106Egypt, tombs and ruins of,2–20;religion of, influencing art,8;pillars of,11;hieroglyphics on pillars of,12;irregular plans of palaces and temples of,13;obelisks of, removed,15;ancient houses of,16;domestic architecture of,16;under the Ptolemies,17;decline of arts of, in later days,19;in time of Constantine (Emperor),19;present knowledge of history of,20Elmwood,184England;imitation of other styles of architecture in,166;Gothic order in,166;examples of various architectural styles in,169;art of, at the present time,172;revival of Gothic art in,170Entablature;definition of,54;of Walhalla,178Entasis,67Ephesus;temple of Diana at,60;desolation at,61Epistyle,7Erechtheium (Athens);59;and Athena Polias,62;burial-place of Erechtheus,64;founded by Erechtheus,64;example of Attic-Ionic style,65Erechtheus, founder of the Erechtheium,65Escurial (near Madrid),146–152;combination forming,146;dome of basilica of,146;palace of,147;De Amicis's description of,148–152;statues of, by Battiste Monegro,149;room of Philip II. in,149;basilica of,149;church of,149;courtyard of the kings of,149;convent of,150,151Etruscans;71;theatres and amphitheatres of,72Euphrates,29Exchange at Marseilles,162Façade of Ducal Palace,142"Farnese Bull,"81"Farnese Hercules,"81Ferdinand and Isabella, reign of,145Fergusson and Gothic architecture,93Filippo Brunelleschi and art of Renaissance,134–138Fine Art Gallery, near baths of Caracalla,81Fitzwilliam College (Cambridge),169Flavian Amphitheatre,80Florence, cathedral of,134Fontaine St. Michel,165Fontainebleau, palace of,154Fortress, the Acropolis as a,62Fortresses of ancient Greece,48Forum Boarium,82France;and revival of classic art,134;and Gothic architecture,153;sovereigns of, as influencing architecture,154;change in style in, from Gothic to Renaissance,156;style of Henry IV. in,161;time of classic revival,162;domestic architecture of,162;Neo-Grecstyle in,165,166;modern,165,166Francesco Sforza,144Francis I., of France;and introduction of Italian art,154;Louvre rebuilt by,160Frieze;definition of,53;of Ionic order,56;of Tuscan order,76;of Walhalla,178Gargoyle,98Garibald, King of Bavaria,90Gateway Huldah of temple at Jerusalem,44Gateways;in walls of Nineveh,21;in walls of Babylon,29;golden, iron, and brazen, of palace of Diocletian,86Germany;and revival of classic art,134;imitation of details of Greek architecture in,173;modern architecture of,173Ghizeh, pyramids of,3Gibbon (historian) and St. Sophia,122Giotto's campanile,112Girard College (Philadelphia),186Glaber, Rodulphe,93Glyptothek at Munich,177Gothic order;Fergusson's location of,93;extension and origin of,93;invention of interior aisles in,98;design of, in ornament,99;painted glass applied to,100;Spanish variation of,105;modification of in Northern Italy,111;combined with Eastern decoration in Venetian architecture,114;last distinct order,133;in France,153;union of, with Italian design in France,154;in England,166;in the Tudor age,170;and Houses of Parliament,171

Abacus,52

Abd-er-Rahman, Caliph,126

Acropolis,61,62

Adan, the,126

Age of Legend (Greece),46

Agrippa,76

Albert Hall, South Kensington,181

Alexander the Great;17;and Thais,34

Alexandria, obelisks at,15

Alhambra;129;described by De Amicis,129,130

American architecture;youth of,181;domestic,183,184;periods of,184;modern writer on,186;promise of,188,190(andseeUnited States)

Amytis,30

Ancient or heathen art,2

Ancient architecture;87;change from, to Gothic,79;adapted to climate and use,172

Andrea del Sarto,153

Angers, church at,103

Antæ.Seepilasters

Arabs,128

Arcades;combined from Greek and Etruscan art,76;of Ducal Palace, Venice,142

Arc de l'Étoile (Paris),165

Arch;knowledge of principle of,73;found in Etruscan ruins,73;oldest in Europe (of Cloaca Maxima),74;the Roman triumphal,81;of Titus,82;of Septimius Severus,82;of Beneventum,82,83;Roman,83;(Gothic) unending use of,95;French use of pointed,96;early use of pointed,123;examples of, in Court of the Lions,130;examples of, in Ducal Palace,142;triumphal, in France,164

Architecturein general,1

Architrave,52,56

Art;as effected by Athenian influence,67;(Gothic) religious use of,103;(Gothic) revival of,104;(Gothic) applied to civic edifices,104;of Renaissance, and Filippo Brunelleschi,134–138;(Italian) 145;(Italian) as a means of religion,154

Artaxerxes Ochus, palace of,38

Artemisia,68,69

Assouan.SeeSyene

Assyria;ruins of,21;cuneiform inscriptions found in,21;religious influence in,22;bas-reliefs of,22;palaces of, described,23–26;Hercules of,24;excelling inarchitects and designers,28;obelisk of,28,29

Assyrian pillars, shaft of,12

Assyrians, Persians taught by,34

Astronomy, and Birs-i-Nimrud,32

Athena;Parthenos,62;Polias;statue of,62,64;Promachos,62(andseeMinerva)

Athens;Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at,57;Erechtheium at,59;Acropolis of,61;municipal buildings of,67

Attic base,55

Attic-Ionic style, the Erechtheium an example of,65

Aue-Kirche (Munich),175

Augustines, church of the (Paris),160

Augustus (Emperor), boast of,80

Autharis,90

Avenue of Sphinxes,13

Babylon;inscriptions of,21;hanging gardens of,29;temples of,30;temple of Belus at,31;prophecies concerning,33

Babylonians;knowledge of, as builders,30;Persians taught by,34

Bacchus, monument of Lysicrates dedicated to,68

Baptistery at Florence,90

Barry, Sir Charles,171

Base;Grecian Doric,11;decorations on, at Persepolis,41;Attic,55;Ionic,55;Tuscan order of,76;Composite,76

Basilica;of St. Paul's (Rome),88;of the Escurial,146,148;near St. Mark's,114;at Munich,175

Basilicas;of Rome,78;of Trajan and Maxentius,79;columns of,79;given up to Christians,87

Bas-reliefs, of Assyria,22

Baths;of Agrippa,76;of Diocletian,80;of Caracalla,80

Battiste Monegro, statues of Escurial by,149

Bavaria, bronze statue of,176

Bedford House,184

Belus, temple of (Babylon),31

Belzoni, and tomb of Seti I.,7

Beneventum, arch of,82,83

Beni-Hassan, tombs at,5

Benvenuto Cellini,153

Bergamo, porch at,112

Berlin;Brandenburg Gate at,173;New Museum at,177

Bianca, wife of Francesco Sforza,144

Birs-i-Nimrud,32

Bishop of Paris, St. Germain,173

Boodroom, name of Halicarnassus changed to,70

Boulevards (Paris),164

Bourse (Lyons),162

Bow Church (London), steeple of,168

Bramante;140;great court (Milan), designed by,144

Brandenburg Gate (Berlin),173

British Museum,169

Broletto at Como,112

Brunelleschi, Filippo;134;and story of Columbus and the egg,138;statue of (Florence),138;architect of Pitti Palace,138,154

Byzantine order, the;geographical boundaries of,93;in Southern Italy,111,115;and Constantinople,117;the dome the chief characteristic of,117;and the Greek Church,117;decline of,117;exterior and interior of,119

Byzantine-Romanesque,115,122

Cæsar, works of,134

Cairo;mosque at,123;mosque near,125

Caliph Abd-er-Rahman,126

Callimachus (sculptor), and Corinthian capital,58,59

Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College at,169

Campaniles,112,114(andseeClock-tower).

Canterbury Cathedral, and pointed arches,124

Capital;definition of,11;varieties of in Great Hall of Karnak,40;Grecian,52;Ionic,55;of Corinthian order,57,58;of Roman Composite order,75;variety of in mosque of Cordova,128;in Ducal Palace,142

Capitol;State and National,181;at Washington,182,183;of Ohio,183;at Albany,188

Car of Victory, and Napoleon,173

Cardinal Richelieu,154

Caria, King of,69

Caryatides;59;of the Walhalla,178

Casino;at Newport,188;at New York,188

Castle of Wartburg,109,110

Cathedral;at Aix-la-Chapelle,123;at Florence,136,138;at Jaen,146;at Valladolid,146;of St. Paul's London,167;at New York,188

Cecilia Metella, tomb of,84

Cella,51

Central Park, New York, obelisk in,16

Chambord, château of,154,161

Champs Elysées, Arc de l'Étoile in (Paris),165

Charlemagne,123

Charles I. of England and classic art,134

Charles V. of Spain, abdication of,146

Charles IX. of France,161

Chehl Minar,38(andseeGreat Hall of Audience)

Chenonceaux, châteaux of,154

Cheops.SeePyramids

Chiswick House, Inigo Jones designer of,167

Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (Athens),57

Choragus,67

Christians;art of, in Sicily,116;under Constantine,87;rise and progress of architecture of,87;influence of belief of,93

Church;of San Miniato,115;of Mother of God (Constantinople),123;of St. Vitale (Ravenna),123;of the Escurial,155;of the Sarbonne,156;of St. Genevieve,158(andseePantheon);of the Invalides (Paris),156–158;of the Trinity (Paris),160;of the Madeleine (Paris),160;of the Augustines (Paris),160;of St. Paul's (Covent Garden),166;of St. Stephen's (Walbrook),168;of St. Ludwig (Munich),175

Churches;early forms of, in Italy,89;(Gothic) interiors of,98,rood-screens of,107;of Burgos,105;of Toledo,105;of Malaga and Segovia,146

Churriguera, Josef de,146

Churrigueresque style,146

Civic order, Broletto at Como,112

Classic style, revival of, in Germany,172

Classic literature of Rome, influence of,153

Cleopatra's Needles,15

Cloaca Maxima (Rome),74

Clock-tower; near St. Mark's (Venice),114(andseeCampanile)

Cologne, great cathedral of,10

Colonial period (America),184

Colosseum,80

Colossi,13(andseeRameses the Great)

Columbaria,84,85

Columns;11;of Hypostyle Hall (Karnak),11;Assyrian knowledge of,28;of Great Hall of Audience,39,40;Persian development of,42;Grecian,52;Ionic,56;of temple of Diana (Ephesus),60;of green jasper at St. Sophia,61;Tuscan order of,76;of basilicas,79; of St. Paul's (Rome),89;of St. Sophia,120;of mosque of Cordova,127,128;of the Alhambra,129,130;in court-yard of the Escurial,149;of the Pantheon,158;of Victory, in France,164;of portico of Ruhmeshalle,176(andsee"Groves of Pillars"andPillars)

Composite order,75

Constantine, Emperor;2;Egypt in time of,19;arch of,81;Christians under,87,117

Constantinople;St. Sophia at,61;and Byzantine order,117

Convent of Escurial,150,151

Cordova, mosque at,126

Corinthian capital,58,59

Corinthian order;52;57;capital of,57,58;shown in the Madeleine (Paris),160

Cornice,53,76

Count of Thuringia,110

Court of the Lions,129,130

Cragie House (Cambridge),184

Crown, iron, of Theodolinda,92

Crypt of the Invalides,158

Custom House at Rouen,162

Cyrus, tomb of,42,43

Darius;palace of,38;tomb of,43

Dark Ages,134

De Amicis;quoted concerning the mosque of Cordova,126;quoted concerning the Escurial,148–152

Diana,60

Diocletian, palace of (Spalatro),86

Distyle in Antis,51

Doge's Palace (Venice),114(andseeDucal Palace)

Dome;chief characteristic of Byzantine architecture,117;119;of the cathedral of Florence,138;of St. Peter's (Rome),138;of the Invalides,157;of the Pantheon (Paris),158;of the Capitol (Washington),183

Domes of St. Mark's (Venice),114

Domestic architecture;Egyptian study of,16;of Greece,70;of Rome,85;Gothic,109;of Spain,152;of France,162;examples of, in Great Britain,169;of America,183,184

Doric order;imitated old Egyptian tombs,7;characteristics of,52–54;traced back,54;and Ionic order, compared,57;Propylæa and Parthenon as examples of,64

Dresden, new theatre and picture gallery of,177

Ducal Palace (Venice), and John Ruskin,142(andseeDoge's Palace)

"Easterns," the,123(andseeSaracens)

Ebed, the,126

Ecbatana, palace of,34

Echinus,52

Eclectic style,188

Edfou, temple of,17

'Early Spanish' architecture,106

Egypt, tombs and ruins of,2–20;religion of, influencing art,8;pillars of,11;hieroglyphics on pillars of,12;irregular plans of palaces and temples of,13;obelisks of, removed,15;ancient houses of,16;domestic architecture of,16;under the Ptolemies,17;decline of arts of, in later days,19;in time of Constantine (Emperor),19;present knowledge of history of,20

Elmwood,184

England;imitation of other styles of architecture in,166;Gothic order in,166;examples of various architectural styles in,169;art of, at the present time,172;revival of Gothic art in,170

Entablature;definition of,54;of Walhalla,178

Entasis,67

Ephesus;temple of Diana at,60;desolation at,61

Epistyle,7

Erechtheium (Athens);59;and Athena Polias,62;burial-place of Erechtheus,64;founded by Erechtheus,64;example of Attic-Ionic style,65

Erechtheus, founder of the Erechtheium,65

Escurial (near Madrid),146–152;combination forming,146;dome of basilica of,146;palace of,147;De Amicis's description of,148–152;statues of, by Battiste Monegro,149;room of Philip II. in,149;basilica of,149;church of,149;courtyard of the kings of,149;convent of,150,151

Etruscans;71;theatres and amphitheatres of,72

Euphrates,29

Exchange at Marseilles,162

Façade of Ducal Palace,142

"Farnese Bull,"81

"Farnese Hercules,"81

Ferdinand and Isabella, reign of,145

Fergusson and Gothic architecture,93

Filippo Brunelleschi and art of Renaissance,134–138

Fine Art Gallery, near baths of Caracalla,81

Fitzwilliam College (Cambridge),169

Flavian Amphitheatre,80

Florence, cathedral of,134

Fontaine St. Michel,165

Fontainebleau, palace of,154

Fortress, the Acropolis as a,62

Fortresses of ancient Greece,48

Forum Boarium,82

France;and revival of classic art,134;and Gothic architecture,153;sovereigns of, as influencing architecture,154;change in style in, from Gothic to Renaissance,156;style of Henry IV. in,161;time of classic revival,162;domestic architecture of,162;Neo-Grecstyle in,165,166;modern,165,166

Francesco Sforza,144

Francis I., of France;and introduction of Italian art,154;Louvre rebuilt by,160

Frieze;definition of,53;of Ionic order,56;of Tuscan order,76;of Walhalla,178

Gargoyle,98

Garibald, King of Bavaria,90

Gateway Huldah of temple at Jerusalem,44

Gateways;in walls of Nineveh,21;in walls of Babylon,29;golden, iron, and brazen, of palace of Diocletian,86

Germany;and revival of classic art,134;imitation of details of Greek architecture in,173;modern architecture of,173

Ghizeh, pyramids of,3

Gibbon (historian) and St. Sophia,122

Giotto's campanile,112

Girard College (Philadelphia),186

Glaber, Rodulphe,93

Glyptothek at Munich,177

Gothic order;Fergusson's location of,93;extension and origin of,93;invention of interior aisles in,98;design of, in ornament,99;painted glass applied to,100;Spanish variation of,105;modification of in Northern Italy,111;combined with Eastern decoration in Venetian architecture,114;last distinct order,133;in France,153;union of, with Italian design in France,154;in England,166;in the Tudor age,170;and Houses of Parliament,171


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