화가 조각가 건축가 예술의 호기심 이야기 일화,제1권.The Book of Anecdotes of Painters,Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art,by Shearjashub Spooner
CONTENTS.
Infelicities of Artists?an Extract from the American Edition of Boydell’s Illustrations of Shakspeare, containing anecdotes of Torregiano, Banks, Barry, Blake, Proctor, &c.,
1
Advantages of the Cultivation of the Fine Arts to a Country,
6
Antiquity of the Fine Arts,
12
The Pœcile at Athens,
13
Mosaics,
15
The Olympian Jupiter,
17
Painting from Nature,
18
Apelles,
18
Apelles and the Cobbler,
23
Apelles’ Foaming Charger,
24
Apelles and Alexander,
25
Apelles and Protogenes,
25
Benjamin West’s Ancestry,
28
West’s Birth,
29
West’s first remarkable Feat,
30
Little Benjamin and the Indians,
30
West’s Cat’s Tail Pencils,
30
West’s First Picture,
31 {vi}
West’s first Visit to Philadelphia,
32
West’s Ambition,
33
West’s first Patron,
34
West’s Education,
35
West’s Dedication to Art,
36
West’s Early Prices,
38
West’s Arrival at Rome,
39
West’s Early Friends,
41
West’s Course of Study,
43
A Remarkable Prophecy,
43
West’s Fondness for Skating,
44
Michael Angelo,
47
Michael Angelo and Julius II.,
50
St Peter’s Church,
50
Michael Angelo and Lorenzo the Magnificent,
52
The Cartoon of Pisa,
53
Michael Angelo’s Last Judgment,
54
Michael Angelo’s Coloring,
56
Michael Angelo’s Grace,
57
Michael Angelo’s Oil Paintings,
58
Michael Angelo, his “Prophets,” and Julius II.,
58
Bon-Mots of Michael Angelo,
59
Washington Allston,
60
Allston and Vanderlyn,
62
American Patronage at Home and Abroad,
66
Raffaelle Sanzio di Urbino,
70
Raffaelle’s Ambition,
70
Raffaelle and Michael Angelo,
71
Raffaelle’s Transfiguration,
72
Death of Raffaelle,
74
Character of Raffaelle,
74
La Bella Fornarina,
75 {vii}
The Genius of Raffaelle,
76
Raffaelle’s Model for his Female Saints,
76
Raffaelle’s Oil Paintings,
77
Portraits of Pope Julius II.,
78
Manners of Raffaelle,
78
Peter Paul Rubens,
79
Rubens’ Visit to Italy,
80
Rubens’ Enthusiasm,
80
Rubens’ Return to Antwerp,
81
Rubens’ Habits,
82
Rubens’ Detractors,
82
The Gallery of the Luxembourg,
83
Rubens sent as Ambassador to the Courts of Spain and England,
83
Death of Rubens,
85
Rubens’ Numerous Works,
86
The first Picture brought to Rome,
88
Etruscan Sculpture,
90
Campus Martius,
91
Electioneering Pictures at Rome,
91
Dramatic Scenery at Rome,
93
Apelles of Ephesus and Ptolemy Philopator,
93
Apelles’ famous Picture of Calumny,
94
Sir Godfrey Kneller,
96
Kneller and James II.,
97
Kneller’s Compliment to Louis XIV.,
97
Kneller’s Wit,
98
Kneller’s Knowledge of Physiognomy,
99
Kneller as Justice of the Peace,
99
Kneller and Clostermans,
100
The Cavaliere Bernini,
101
Bernini’s Precocity,
101
Bernini’s Striking Prediction,
101 {viii}
Bernini and Louis XIV.,
102
Bernini’s Works,
103
Bernini and the Verospi Hercules,
104
Fanaticism destructive to Art,
104
Paintings Evanescent,
106
The English National Gallery,
107
The Nude Figure,
109
Different Schools of Painting Compared,
110
The Old Masters,
111
Prices of Galleries,
112
Love makes a Painter,
112
John Wesley Jarvis,
113
The Biggest Lie,
118
Jarvis and Bishop Moore,
119
Jarvis and Commodore Perry,
119
Jarvis and the Philosopher,
120
Jarvis and Dr. Mitchell,
120
Jarvis’ Habits,
121
Robert Fulton,
122
An Exalted Mind and True Patriot,
123
Gilbert Charles Stuart,
124
Stuart goes to London,
125
Stuart as Organist,
126
Stuart’s Introduction to West,
126
Stuart and West,
128
Stuart’s Scholarship,
131
Stuart’s Rule of the Payment of Half-Price at the First Sitting,
131
Stuart’s Powers of Perception,
132
Stuart’s Conversational Powers,
133
Stuart in Ireland,
136
Stuart’s Return to America,
137
Stuart and Washington,
137 {ix}
Stuart’s Last Picture,
138
Stuart’s Reputation,
139
Stuart’s Drawing,
139
Stuart a Punster,
140
Stuart born in a Snuff-Mill,
140
Stuart’s Nose,
140
Stuart’s Sitters,
141
Stuart’s Mark,
142
Stuart and his Dog,
142
The Temple of Diana at Ephesus,
144
The Dying Gladiator,
144
Fabius Maximus,
145
Love of the Arts among the Romans,
146
Comparative Merits of the Venus de Medici and the Venus Victrix,
147
The Effect of Painting on the Mind,
147
Pausias,
148
The Garland Twiner,
148
Protogenes, the great Rhodian Painter,
149
Parrhasius,
150
The Demos, and other Works of Parrhasius,
150
Parrhasius and the Olynthian Captive,
151
The Vanity of Parrhasius,
152
The Invention of the Corinthian Capital,
152
The Invention of Sculpture,
153
Praxiteles,
154
Praxiteles and Phidias compared,
154
The Works of Praxiteles,
155
The Venus of Cnidus,
155
Praxiteles and Phryne,
156
The King of Bithynia and the Venus of Cnidus,
157
Phidias,
157
Phidias and Alcamenes,
159 {x}
Ingratitude of the Athenians,
159
The Jupiter of Phidias,
160
Phidias’ Model for the Olympian Jupiter,
161
Apollodorus, the Athenian,
162
Apollodorus, the Architect,
163
Trajan’s Column,
164
The Death of Apollodorus,
165
Hogarth,
166
Hogarth’s Apprenticeship,
167
Hogarth’s Revenge,
168
Hogarth’s Method of Sketching,
168
Hogarth’s Marriage,
168
Successful Expedient of Hogarth,
169
Hogarth’s Picture of the Red Sea,
170
Hogarth’s Courtesy,
171
Hogarth’s Absence of Mind,
171
Hogarth’s March to Finchley,
172
Hogarth’s unfortunate Dedication of a Picture,
172
Hogarth’s manner of selling his Pictures,
172
Hogarth’s Last Work,
175
Jacques Louis David,
176
David’s Picture of the Coronation of Napoleon,
178
David and the Duke of Wellington,
184
David and the Cardinal Caprara,
185
David at Brussels,
185
Pierre Mignard,
186
Sir Joshua Reynolds,
188
Reynolds’ New Style,
189
Reynolds’ Prices,
191
Reynolds’ in Leicester Square,
192
The Founding of the Royal Academy,
194
Reynolds and Dr. Johnson,
195
Dr. Johnson’s Friendship for Reynolds,
196 {xi}
Johnson’s Apology for Portrait Painting,
197
The Literary Club,
198
Johnson’s Portrait,
198
Johnson’s Death,
199
Reynolds and Goldsmith,
199
The Deserted Village,
200
Pope a Painter,
201
Reynolds’ First Attempts in Art,
202
The Force of Habit,
202
Paying the Piper,
203
Reynolds’ Modesty,
203
Reynolds’ Generosity,
203
Reynolds’ Love of his Art,
204
Reynolds’ Criticism on Rubens,
205
Reynolds and Haydn’s Portrait,
206
Rubens’ Last Supper,
206
Reynolds’ Skill in Compliments,
207
Excellent Advice,
208
Sir Joshua Reynolds and his Portraits,
208
Reynolds’ Flag,
209
Burke’s Eulogy,
209
Reynolds’ Estimate and Use of Old Paintings,
210
Influence of the Inquisition upon Spanish Painting,
211
A Melancholy Picture of the State of the Fine Arts in Spain,
217
Don Diego Velasquez,
226
Velasquez honored by the King of Spain,
227
Velasquez’s Slave,
228
Luis Tristan,
229
Tristan and El Greco,
230
Alonso Cano,
230
Cano’s Liberality,
231 {xii}
Cano’s Eccentricities,
231
Cano’s Hatred of the Jews,
232
Cano’s Ruling Passion strong in Death,
234
Ribalta’s Marriage,
235
Aparicio, Canova, and Thorwaldsen,
236
Bartolome Esteban Murillo,
236
Murillo and Velasquez,
236
Murillo’s Return to Seville,
237
Murillo and Iriarte,
238
Murillo’s Death,
238
Murillo’s Style,
239
Murillo’s Works,
240
Murillo’s Assumption of the Virgin,
241
Castillo’s Tribute to Murillo,
242
Correggio,
243
Correggio’s Grand Cupola of the Church of St. John at Parma,
244
Correggio’s Grand Cupola of the Cathedral at Parma,
246
Correggio’s Fate,
249
Annibale Caracci’s Opinion of Correggio’s Grand Cupola at Parma,
253
Correggio’s Enthusiasm,
255
Correggio’s Grace,
255
Correggio and the Monks,
256
Correggio’s Muleteer,
256
Duke of Wellington’s Correggio captured at Vittoria,
257
Correggio’s Ancona,
257
Portraits of Correggio,
258
Singular Fate of Correggio’s Adoration of the Shepherds,
261 {xiii}
Magdalen by Correggio,
264
Discovery of a Correggio,
265
Lionardo da Vinci,
266
Precocity of Da Vinci’s Genius,
266
Extraordinary Talents of Da Vinci,
268
Da Vinci’s Works at Milan,
268
Lionardo da Vinci and Leo X.,
271
Lionardo da Vinci and Francis I.,
271
Death of Da Vinci,
272
Da Vinci’s Learning,
272
Da Vinci’s Writings,
273
Da Vinci’s Sketch Books,
275
The Last Supper of Lionardo da Vinci,
276
Copies of the Last Supper of Da Vinci,
278
Da Vinci’s Discrimination,
279
Da Vinci’s Idea of Perfection in Art,
280
Da Vinci and the Prior,
282
Da Vinci’s Drawings of the Heads in his celebrated Last Supper,
284
Francis I. and the Last Supper of Da Vinci,
284
Authenticated Works of Da Vinci,
285
Works in Niello,
286
Sir Christopher Wren,
290
Wren’s Self-Command,
290
Wren’s Restraints in designing his Edifices,
292
The Great Fire in London,
293
St. Paul’s Cathedral,
294
Wren’s Death,
295
Wren and Charles II.,
295
Thomas Banks, the English Sculptor,
295
The Genius of Banks,
297 {xiv}
Banks’ Kindness to Young Sculptors,
298
The Personal Appearance and Character of Banks,
299
Flaxman’s Tribute to Banks,
300
Joseph Nollekens, the English Sculptor,
301
Nollekens’ Visit to Rome,
301
Nollekens and Garrick,
302
Nollekens’ Talent in Bust Sculpture,
303
Nollekens’ Bust of Dr. Johnson,
304
Nollekens’ Liberality to Chantrey,
304
Nollekens and the Widow,
305
Nollekens’ Compliments,
306
An Overplus of Modesty,
307
The Artist Footman,
308
An Architect’s Stratagem,
309
The Freedom of the Times in the Reign of Charles II.,
309
Weesop,
310
