FOOTNOTES
[1] Sir David Brewster.
[2] No. CLVIII., October 1843.
[3] Diogenes Laërtius’s “Lives of the Philosophers,” literally translated. Bohn: London.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Rose’s “Biographical Dictionary.”
[6] Professor Laycock, now of the University of Edinburgh.
[7] “The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure Defined,” &c.
[8] Longman and Co., London.
[9] See [Appendix].
[10] “The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon,” &c., and “The Harmonic Law of Nature applied to Architectural Design.”
[11] For further details, see “Harmonic Law of Nature,” &c.
[12] By a very simple machine, which I have lately invented, an ellipse of any given proportions, even to those of (¹⁄₆₄), which is the curve of the entases of the columns of the Parthenon (see [Plate VII.]), and of any length, from half an inch to fifty feet or upwards, may be easily and correctly described; the length and angle of the required ellipse being all that need be given.
[13] “The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon,” &c.
[14] “The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon,” &c.
[15] Ibid.
[16] “The Harmonic Law of Nature applied to Architectural Design.”
[17] “Physio-philosophy.” By Dr Oken. Translated by Talk; and published by the Ray Society. London, 1848.
[18] “The Science of those Proportions by which the Human Head and Countenance, as represented in Works of ancient Greek Art, are distinguished from those of ordinary Nature.”
[19] “The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure Defined,” &c., and “The Natural Principles of Beauty Developed in the Human Figure.”
[20] “The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure Defined,” &c.
[21] “Essay on Ornamental Design,” &c., and “The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure,” &c.
[22] “A Nomenclature of Colours, applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences,” &c., &c.
[23] See [pp. 24 and 25].
[24] “The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematised,” Fourteen Diagrams, each containing Six Colours and Hues.
“A Nomenclature of Colours,” &c., Forty Diagrams, each containing Twelve Examples of Colours, Hues, Tints, and Shades.
“The Laws of Harmonious Colouring,” &c., One Diagram, containing Eighteen Colours and Hues.
[25] “Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Grecian and Roman Architectural Ornament, drawn from the Originals,” &c. By Charles Heathcote Tatham, Architect. London: Priestly and Weale. 1826.
[26] “The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon,” &c.
[27] “Science of those Proportions,” &c.
[28] Abbé Barthélémie’s “Travels of Anacharsis in Greece,” vol iv., pp. 193, 195.
[29] Abbé Barthélémie (vol. ii., pp. 168, 169), who cites as his authorities, Cicer. De Nat. Deor., lib. i., cap. ii., t. 2, p. 405; Justin Mart., Ovat. ad Gent., p. 10; Aristot. Metaph., lib. i., cap. v., t. 2, p. 845.
[30] Müller’s “Ancient Art and its Remains.”
[31] “Anacharsis’ Travels in Greece.” By the Abbé Barthélémie, vol. ii., p. 325.
[32] “Anacharsis’ Travels in Greece.” By the Abbé Barthélémie, vol. vi., p. 225. The authorities the Abbé quotes are—Quintil., lib. xii., cap. x., p. 744; Plin., lib. xxxv., cap. ix., p. 691.
[33] Müller’s “Archæology of Art,” &c.