AAbacus, defined,i. 107; law of its proportion,i. 111-115; its connection with cornices,i. 116; its various profiles,i. 319-323;iii. 243-248.Acanthus, leaf of, its use in architecture,i. 233; how treated at Torcello,ii. 15.Alabaster, use of, in incrustation,ii. 86.Anachronism, necessity of, in the best art,ii. 198.Anatomy, a disadvantageous study for artists,iii. 47.Angels, use of their images in Venetian heraldry,ii. 278; statues of, on the Ducal Palace,ii. 311.Anger, how symbolically represented,ii. 344.Angles, decoration of,i. 260;ii. 305; of Gothic Palaces,ii. 238; of Ducal Palace,ii. 307.Animal character in northern and southern climates,ii. 156; in grotesque art,iii. 149.Apertures, analysis of their structure,i. 50; general forms of,i. 174.Apse, forms of, in southern and northern churches compared,i. 170.Arabesques of Raffaelle, their baseness,iii. 136.Arabian architecture,i. 18,234,235,429;ii. 135.Arches, general structure of,i. 122; moral characters of,i. 126; lancet, round, and depressed,i. 129; four-centred,i. 130; ogee,i. 131; non-concentric,i. 133,341; masonry of,i. 133,ii. 218; load of,i. 144; are not derived from vegetation,ii. 201.Architects, modern, their unfortunate position,i. 404,407.Architecture, general view of its divisions,i. 47-51; how to judge of it,ii. 173; adaptation of, to requirements of human mind,iii. 192; richness of early domestic,ii. 100,iii. 2; manner of its debasement in general,iii. 3.Archivolts, decoration of,i. 334; general families of,i. 335; of Murano,ii. 49; of St. Mark’s,ii. 95; in London,ii. 97; Byzantine,ii. 138; profiles of,iii. 244.Arts, relative dignity of,i. 395; how represented in Venetian sculpture,ii. 355; what relation exists between them and their materials,ii. 394; art divided into the art of facts, of design, and of both,ii. 183; into purist, naturalist, and sensualist,ii. 187; art opposed to inspiration,iii. 151; defined,iii. 170; distinguished from science,iii. 35; how to enjoy that of the ancients,iii. 188.Aspiration, not the primal motive of Gothic work,i. 151.Astrology, judicial, representation of its doctrines in Venetian sculpture,ii. 352.Austrian government in Italy,iii. 209.Avarice, how represented figuratively,ii. 344.BBackgrounds, diapered,iii. 20.Balconies, of Venice,ii. 243; general treatment of,iii. 254; of iron,ii. 247.Ballflower, its use in ornamentation,i. 279.Balustrades. See “Balconies.”Bases, general account of,iii. 225; of walls,i. 55; of piers,i. 73; of shafts,i. 84; decoration of,i. 281; faults of Gothic profiles of,i. 285; spurs of,i. 286; beauty of, in St. Mark’s,i. 290; Lombardie,i. 292; ought not to be richly decorated,i. 292; general effect of,ii. 387.Battlements,i. 162; abuse of, in ornamentation,i. 219.Beauty and ornament, relation of the terms,i. 404.Bellstones of capitals defined,i. 108.Birds, use of in ornamentation,i. 234,ii. 140.Bishops, their ancient authority,ii. 25.Body, its relation to the soul,i. 41,395.Brackets, division of,i. 161; ridiculous forms of,i. 161.Breadth in Byzantine design,ii. 133.Brickwork, ornamental,i. 296; in general,ii. 241,260,261.Brides of Venice, legend of the,iii. 113,116.Buttresses, general structure of,i. 166; flying,i. 192; supposed sanctity of,i. 173.Bull, symbolical use of, in representing rivers,i. 418,421,424.Byzantine style, analysis of,ii. 75; ecclesiastical fitness of,ii. 97; centralization in,ii. 236; palaces built in,ii. 118; sculptures in,ii. 137,140.CCandlemas, ancient symbols of,ii. 272.Capitals, general structure of,i. 105; bells of,i. 107; just proportions of,i. 114; various families of,i. 13,65,324,ii. 129,iii. 231; are necessary to shafts in good architecture,i. 119; Byzantine,ii. 131,iii. 231; Lily, of St. Mark’s,ii. 137; of Solomon’s temple,ii. 137.Care, how symbolized,ii. 348. See “Sorrow.”Caryatides,i. 302.Castles, English, entrances of,i. 177.Cathedrals, English, effect of,ii. 63.Ceilings, old Venetian,ii. 280.Centralization in design,ii. 237.Chalet of Switzerland, its character,i. 203.Chamfer defined,i. 263; varieties of,i. 262,429.Changefulness, an element of Gothic,ii. 172.Charity, how symbolized,ii. 327,339.Chartreuse, Grande, morbid life in,iii. 190.Chastity, how symbolized,ii. 328.Cheerfulness, how symbolized,ii. 326,348; virtue of,ii. 326.Cherries, cultivation of, at Venice,ii. 361.Christianity, how mingled with worldliness,iii. 109; how imperfectly understood,iii. 168; influence of, in liberating workmen,ii. 159,i. 243; influence of, on forms,i. 99.Churches, wooden, of the North,i. 381; considered as ships,ii. 25; decoration of, how far allowable,ii. 102.Civilization, progress of,iii. 168; twofold danger of,iii. 169.Classical literature, its effect on the modern mind,iii. 12.Climate, its influence on architecture,i. 151,ii. 155,203.Color, its importance in early work,ii. 38,40,78,91; its spirituality,ii. 145,396; its relation to music,iii. 186; quartering of,iii. 20; how excusing realization,iii. 186.Commerce, how regarded by Venetians,i. 6.Composition, definition of the term,ii. 182.Constancy, how symbolized,ii. 333.Construction, architectural, how admirable,i. 36.Convenience, how consulted by Gothic architecture,ii. 179.Cornices, general divisions of,i. 63,iii. 248; of walls,i. 60; of roofs,i. 149; ornamentation of,i. 305; curvatures of,i. 310; military,i. 160; Greek,i. 157.Courses in walls,i. 60.Crockets, their use in ornamentation,i. 346; their abuse at Venice,iii. 109.Crosses, Byzantine,ii. 139.Crusaders, character of the,ii. 263.Crystals, architectural appliance of,i. 225.Cupid, representation of, in early and later art,ii. 342.Curvature, on what its beauty depends,i. 222,iii. 5.Cusps, definition of,i. 135; groups of,i. 138; relation of, to vegetation,ii. 219; general treatment of,iii. 255; earliest occurrence of,ii. 220.DDaguerreotype, probable results of,iii. 169.Darkness, a character of early churches,ii. 18; not an abstract evil,iii. 220.Death, fear of, in Renaissance times,iii. 65,90,92; how anciently regarded,iii. 139,156.Decoration, true nature of,i. 405; how to judge of,i. 44,45. See “Ornament.”Demons, nature of, how illustrated by Milton and Dante,iii. 147.Dentil, Venetian, defined,i. 273,275.Design, definition of the term,ii. 183; its relations to naturalism,ii. 184.Despair, how symbolized,ii. 334.Diaper patterns in brick,i. 296; in color,iii. 21,22.Discord, how symbolized,ii. 333.Discs, decoration by means of,i. 240,416;ii. 147,264.Division of labor, evils of,ii. 165.Doge of Venice, his power,i. 3,360.Dogtooth moulding defined,i. 269.Dolphins, moral disposition of,i. 230; use of, in symbolic representation of sea,i. 422,423.Domestic architecture, richness of, in middle ages,ii. 99.Doors, general structure of,i. 174,176; smallness of in English cathedrals,i. 176; ancient Venetian,ii. 277,iii. 227.Doric architecture,i. 157,301,307; Christian Doric,i. 308,315.Dragon, conquered by St. Donatus,ii. 33; use of, in ornamentation,ii. 219.Dreams, how resembled by the highest arts,iii. 153; prophetic, in relation to the Grotesque,iii. 156.Dress, its use in ornamentation,i. 212; early Venetian,ii. 383; dignity of,iii. 191; changes in modern dress,iii. 192.Duties of buildings,i. 47.EEarthquake of 1511,ii. 242.Eastern races, their power over color,ii. 147.Eaves, construction of,i. 156.Ecclesiastical architecture in Venice,i. 20; no architecture exclusively ecclesiastical,ii. 99.Edge decoration,i. 268.Education, University,i. 391;iii. 110; evils of, with respect to architectural workmen,ii. 107; how to be successfully undertaken,ii. 165,214; modern education in general, how mistaken,iii. 110,234; system of, in Plato,ii. 318; of Persian kings,ii. 318; not to be mistaken for erudition,iii. 219; ought to be universal,iii. 220.Egg and arrow mouldings,i. 314.Egyptian architecture,i. 99,239;ii. 203.Elgin marbles,ii. 171.Encrusted architecture,i. 271,272; general analysis of,ii. 76.Energy of Northern Gothic,i. 371;ii. 16,204.English (early) capitals, faults of,i. 100,411; English mind, its mistaken demands of perfection,ii. 160.Envy, how set forth,ii. 346.Evangelists, types of, how explicable,iii. 155.FFaërie Queen, Spenser’s, value of, theologically,ii. 328.Faith, influence of on art,ii. 104,105; Titian’s picture of,i. 11; how symbolized,ii. 337.Falsehood, how symbolized,ii. 349.Fatalism, how expressed in Eastern architecture,ii. 205.Fear, effect of, on human life,iii. 137; on Grotesque art,iii. 142.Feudalism, healthy effects of,i. 184.Fig-tree, sculpture of, on Ducal Palace,ii. 307.Fillet, use of, in ornamentation,i. 267.Finials, their use in ornamentation,i. 346; a sign of decline in Venetian architecture,iii. 109.Finish in workmanship, when to be required,ii. 165; dangers of,iii. 170,ii. 162.Fir, spruce, influence of, on architecture,i. 152.Fire, forms of, in ornamentation,i. 228.Fish, use of, in ornamentation,i. 229.Flamboyant Gothic,i. 278,ii. 225.Flattery, common in Renaissance times,iii. 64.Flowers, representation of, how desirable,i. 340; how represented in mosaic,iii. 179.Fluting of columns, a mistake,i. 301.Foils, definition of,ii. 221.Foliage, how carved in declining periods,iii. 8,17. See “Vegetation.”Foliation defined,ii. 219; essential to Gothic architecture,ii. 222.Folly, how symbolized,ii. 325,348.Form of Gothic, defined,ii. 209.Fortitude, how symbolized,ii. 337.Fountains, symbolic representations of,i. 427.French architecture, compared with Italian,ii. 226.Frivolity, how exhibited in Grotesque art,iii. 143.Fruit, its use in ornamentation,i. 232.GGable, general structure of,i. 124; essential to Gothic,ii. 210,217.
Abacus, defined,i. 107; law of its proportion,i. 111-115; its connection with cornices,i. 116; its various profiles,i. 319-323;iii. 243-248.
Acanthus, leaf of, its use in architecture,i. 233; how treated at Torcello,ii. 15.
Alabaster, use of, in incrustation,ii. 86.
Anachronism, necessity of, in the best art,ii. 198.
Anatomy, a disadvantageous study for artists,iii. 47.
Angels, use of their images in Venetian heraldry,ii. 278; statues of, on the Ducal Palace,ii. 311.
Anger, how symbolically represented,ii. 344.
Angles, decoration of,i. 260;ii. 305; of Gothic Palaces,ii. 238; of Ducal Palace,ii. 307.
Animal character in northern and southern climates,ii. 156; in grotesque art,iii. 149.
Apertures, analysis of their structure,i. 50; general forms of,i. 174.
Apse, forms of, in southern and northern churches compared,i. 170.
Arabesques of Raffaelle, their baseness,iii. 136.
Arabian architecture,i. 18,234,235,429;ii. 135.
Arches, general structure of,i. 122; moral characters of,i. 126; lancet, round, and depressed,i. 129; four-centred,i. 130; ogee,i. 131; non-concentric,i. 133,341; masonry of,i. 133,ii. 218; load of,i. 144; are not derived from vegetation,ii. 201.
Architects, modern, their unfortunate position,i. 404,407.
Architecture, general view of its divisions,i. 47-51; how to judge of it,ii. 173; adaptation of, to requirements of human mind,iii. 192; richness of early domestic,ii. 100,iii. 2; manner of its debasement in general,iii. 3.
Archivolts, decoration of,i. 334; general families of,i. 335; of Murano,ii. 49; of St. Mark’s,ii. 95; in London,ii. 97; Byzantine,ii. 138; profiles of,iii. 244.
Arts, relative dignity of,i. 395; how represented in Venetian sculpture,ii. 355; what relation exists between them and their materials,ii. 394; art divided into the art of facts, of design, and of both,ii. 183; into purist, naturalist, and sensualist,ii. 187; art opposed to inspiration,iii. 151; defined,iii. 170; distinguished from science,iii. 35; how to enjoy that of the ancients,iii. 188.
Aspiration, not the primal motive of Gothic work,i. 151.
Astrology, judicial, representation of its doctrines in Venetian sculpture,ii. 352.
Austrian government in Italy,iii. 209.
Avarice, how represented figuratively,ii. 344.
Backgrounds, diapered,iii. 20.
Balconies, of Venice,ii. 243; general treatment of,iii. 254; of iron,ii. 247.
Ballflower, its use in ornamentation,i. 279.
Balustrades. See “Balconies.”
Bases, general account of,iii. 225; of walls,i. 55; of piers,i. 73; of shafts,i. 84; decoration of,i. 281; faults of Gothic profiles of,i. 285; spurs of,i. 286; beauty of, in St. Mark’s,i. 290; Lombardie,i. 292; ought not to be richly decorated,i. 292; general effect of,ii. 387.
Battlements,i. 162; abuse of, in ornamentation,i. 219.
Beauty and ornament, relation of the terms,i. 404.
Bellstones of capitals defined,i. 108.
Birds, use of in ornamentation,i. 234,ii. 140.
Bishops, their ancient authority,ii. 25.
Body, its relation to the soul,i. 41,395.
Brackets, division of,i. 161; ridiculous forms of,i. 161.
Breadth in Byzantine design,ii. 133.
Brickwork, ornamental,i. 296; in general,ii. 241,260,261.
Brides of Venice, legend of the,iii. 113,116.
Buttresses, general structure of,i. 166; flying,i. 192; supposed sanctity of,i. 173.
Bull, symbolical use of, in representing rivers,i. 418,421,424.
Byzantine style, analysis of,ii. 75; ecclesiastical fitness of,ii. 97; centralization in,ii. 236; palaces built in,ii. 118; sculptures in,ii. 137,140.
Candlemas, ancient symbols of,ii. 272.
Capitals, general structure of,i. 105; bells of,i. 107; just proportions of,i. 114; various families of,i. 13,65,324,ii. 129,iii. 231; are necessary to shafts in good architecture,i. 119; Byzantine,ii. 131,iii. 231; Lily, of St. Mark’s,ii. 137; of Solomon’s temple,ii. 137.
Care, how symbolized,ii. 348. See “Sorrow.”
Caryatides,i. 302.
Castles, English, entrances of,i. 177.
Cathedrals, English, effect of,ii. 63.
Ceilings, old Venetian,ii. 280.
Centralization in design,ii. 237.
Chalet of Switzerland, its character,i. 203.
Chamfer defined,i. 263; varieties of,i. 262,429.
Changefulness, an element of Gothic,ii. 172.
Charity, how symbolized,ii. 327,339.
Chartreuse, Grande, morbid life in,iii. 190.
Chastity, how symbolized,ii. 328.
Cheerfulness, how symbolized,ii. 326,348; virtue of,ii. 326.
Cherries, cultivation of, at Venice,ii. 361.
Christianity, how mingled with worldliness,iii. 109; how imperfectly understood,iii. 168; influence of, in liberating workmen,ii. 159,i. 243; influence of, on forms,i. 99.
Churches, wooden, of the North,i. 381; considered as ships,ii. 25; decoration of, how far allowable,ii. 102.
Civilization, progress of,iii. 168; twofold danger of,iii. 169.
Classical literature, its effect on the modern mind,iii. 12.
Climate, its influence on architecture,i. 151,ii. 155,203.
Color, its importance in early work,ii. 38,40,78,91; its spirituality,ii. 145,396; its relation to music,iii. 186; quartering of,iii. 20; how excusing realization,iii. 186.
Commerce, how regarded by Venetians,i. 6.
Composition, definition of the term,ii. 182.
Constancy, how symbolized,ii. 333.
Construction, architectural, how admirable,i. 36.
Convenience, how consulted by Gothic architecture,ii. 179.
Cornices, general divisions of,i. 63,iii. 248; of walls,i. 60; of roofs,i. 149; ornamentation of,i. 305; curvatures of,i. 310; military,i. 160; Greek,i. 157.
Courses in walls,i. 60.
Crockets, their use in ornamentation,i. 346; their abuse at Venice,iii. 109.
Crosses, Byzantine,ii. 139.
Crusaders, character of the,ii. 263.
Crystals, architectural appliance of,i. 225.
Cupid, representation of, in early and later art,ii. 342.
Curvature, on what its beauty depends,i. 222,iii. 5.
Cusps, definition of,i. 135; groups of,i. 138; relation of, to vegetation,ii. 219; general treatment of,iii. 255; earliest occurrence of,ii. 220.
Daguerreotype, probable results of,iii. 169.
Darkness, a character of early churches,ii. 18; not an abstract evil,iii. 220.
Death, fear of, in Renaissance times,iii. 65,90,92; how anciently regarded,iii. 139,156.
Decoration, true nature of,i. 405; how to judge of,i. 44,45. See “Ornament.”
Demons, nature of, how illustrated by Milton and Dante,iii. 147.
Dentil, Venetian, defined,i. 273,275.
Design, definition of the term,ii. 183; its relations to naturalism,ii. 184.
Despair, how symbolized,ii. 334.
Diaper patterns in brick,i. 296; in color,iii. 21,22.
Discord, how symbolized,ii. 333.
Discs, decoration by means of,i. 240,416;ii. 147,264.
Division of labor, evils of,ii. 165.
Doge of Venice, his power,i. 3,360.
Dogtooth moulding defined,i. 269.
Dolphins, moral disposition of,i. 230; use of, in symbolic representation of sea,i. 422,423.
Domestic architecture, richness of, in middle ages,ii. 99.
Doors, general structure of,i. 174,176; smallness of in English cathedrals,i. 176; ancient Venetian,ii. 277,iii. 227.
Doric architecture,i. 157,301,307; Christian Doric,i. 308,315.
Dragon, conquered by St. Donatus,ii. 33; use of, in ornamentation,ii. 219.
Dreams, how resembled by the highest arts,iii. 153; prophetic, in relation to the Grotesque,iii. 156.
Dress, its use in ornamentation,i. 212; early Venetian,ii. 383; dignity of,iii. 191; changes in modern dress,iii. 192.
Duties of buildings,i. 47.
Earthquake of 1511,ii. 242.
Eastern races, their power over color,ii. 147.
Eaves, construction of,i. 156.
Ecclesiastical architecture in Venice,i. 20; no architecture exclusively ecclesiastical,ii. 99.
Edge decoration,i. 268.
Education, University,i. 391;iii. 110; evils of, with respect to architectural workmen,ii. 107; how to be successfully undertaken,ii. 165,214; modern education in general, how mistaken,iii. 110,234; system of, in Plato,ii. 318; of Persian kings,ii. 318; not to be mistaken for erudition,iii. 219; ought to be universal,iii. 220.
Egg and arrow mouldings,i. 314.
Egyptian architecture,i. 99,239;ii. 203.
Elgin marbles,ii. 171.
Encrusted architecture,i. 271,272; general analysis of,ii. 76.
Energy of Northern Gothic,i. 371;ii. 16,204.
English (early) capitals, faults of,i. 100,411; English mind, its mistaken demands of perfection,ii. 160.
Envy, how set forth,ii. 346.
Evangelists, types of, how explicable,iii. 155.
Faërie Queen, Spenser’s, value of, theologically,ii. 328.
Faith, influence of on art,ii. 104,105; Titian’s picture of,i. 11; how symbolized,ii. 337.
Falsehood, how symbolized,ii. 349.
Fatalism, how expressed in Eastern architecture,ii. 205.
Fear, effect of, on human life,iii. 137; on Grotesque art,iii. 142.
Feudalism, healthy effects of,i. 184.
Fig-tree, sculpture of, on Ducal Palace,ii. 307.
Fillet, use of, in ornamentation,i. 267.
Finials, their use in ornamentation,i. 346; a sign of decline in Venetian architecture,iii. 109.
Finish in workmanship, when to be required,ii. 165; dangers of,iii. 170,ii. 162.
Fir, spruce, influence of, on architecture,i. 152.
Fire, forms of, in ornamentation,i. 228.
Fish, use of, in ornamentation,i. 229.
Flamboyant Gothic,i. 278,ii. 225.
Flattery, common in Renaissance times,iii. 64.
Flowers, representation of, how desirable,i. 340; how represented in mosaic,iii. 179.
Fluting of columns, a mistake,i. 301.
Foils, definition of,ii. 221.
Foliage, how carved in declining periods,iii. 8,17. See “Vegetation.”
Foliation defined,ii. 219; essential to Gothic architecture,ii. 222.
Folly, how symbolized,ii. 325,348.
Form of Gothic, defined,ii. 209.
Fortitude, how symbolized,ii. 337.
Fountains, symbolic representations of,i. 427.
French architecture, compared with Italian,ii. 226.
Frivolity, how exhibited in Grotesque art,iii. 143.
Fruit, its use in ornamentation,i. 232.
Gable, general structure of,i. 124; essential to Gothic,ii. 210,217.