CONTENTS.

Egyptian Art,[1]
Ancient Thebes,[2]
The Temple of Carnac,[5]
Temple of Luxor,[5]
The Statues of Memnon,[6]
Heliopolis,[7]
Memphis,[8]
Lake Moeris,[9]
The Colossal Sphinx,[10]
The Labyrinth of Egypt,[11]
The Catacombs of Egypt,[12]
The Pyramids of Egypt,[19]
Perilous Ascent of the Pyramid of Cephren,[27]
Egyptian Obelisks,[30]
Removal of an Obelisk by Fontana,[33]
Removal of an Obelisk from Thebes to Paris,[40]
Carburi's Base for the Equestrian Statue of Peter the Great,[42]
Comparative Skill of the Ancients and Moderns in Mechanics,[45]
The Britannia Tubular Railway Bridge,[46]
The Tubes,[47]
Construction of the Tubes,[49]
Floating the Tubes,[50]
Raising the Tubes,[52]
Glory of Ancient Rome,[57]
The Capitol,[59]
Modern Rome,[60]
The Foundation of Venice,[72]
Theodoric the Great, and his Love of the Fine Arts,[73]
The Trials of Genius—Filippo Brunelleschi,[80]
Brunelleschi's Enthusiasm,[122]
Brunelleschi and Donatello,[123]
Donatello,[125]
Donatello and the Merchant,[126]
Donatello and his Kinsmen,[127]
Death of Donatello,[128]
Donatello and Michael Angelo Compared,[128]
Sofonisba Anguisciola's Early Distinction,[129]
Sofonisba's Visit to Rome,[130]
Sofonisba's Marriages,[131]
Sofonisba's Residence at Genoa, and her Intercourse with Vandyck,[132]
Carriera Rosalba,[133]
Rosalba's Modesty,[133]
Rosalba's Knowledge of Tempers,[133]
Elizabeth Sirani,[134]
Death of Elizabeth Sirani,[135]
Rachel Ruysch,[135]
Sir Anthony Vandyck,[136]
Vandyck's Visit to Italy,[138]
Vandyck's Return to Antwerp,[139]
Vandyck's Visit to England,[141]
William van de Velde the Elder,[143]
Van de Velde and Charles II.,[144]
William van de Velde the Younger,[145]
The Younger van de Velde's Works,[146]
Nicholas Poussin,[148]
Poussin's first Celebrity,[149]
Poussin's first Visit to Rome,[150]
Poussin's Distress at Rome,[151]
Poussin's Success at Rome,[152]
Poussin's Invitation to Paris,[153]
Poussin's Return to Rome,[154]
Sir Joshua Reynolds' Critique on Poussin,[156]
Poussin's Views of his Art,[157]
Poussin's Works,[158]
Marino and Poussin,[159]
Poussin Romanized,[160]
Poussin's Habits of Study,[161]
Poussin's Old Age,[162]
Poussin's Last Work and Death,[163]
Poussin's Ideas of Painting,[164]
Poussin and the Nobleman,[165]
Poussin and Mengs,[165]
Poussin and Domenichino,[166]
Poussin and Salvator Rosa,[166]
Poussin, Angelo, and Raffaelle Compared,[168]
Rembrandt,[170]
Rembrandt's Works,[173]
Rembrandt as an Engraver,[174]
Anecdote of Schwarts,[175]
Jacques Callot,[176]
Callot's Patriotism,[177]
Ingenuity of Artists,[178]
A Hint to Jewelers,[179]
Curious Paintings,[180]
The Oldest Oil Painting Extant,[181]
Curious Representations of the Harpies,[181]
Adrian Brower,[182]
Brower, the Duke d'Aremberg, and Rubens,[183]
Death of Brower,[184]
Brower's Works,[185]
Rosa da Tivoli,[185]
Rosa da Tivoli's Works,[186]
Rosa da Tivoli's Facility of Execution,[186]
Rosa da Tivoli's Habits,[187]
Luca Cambiaso's Facility in Painting,[187]
Cambiaso's Works in Spain,[188]
Cambiaso's Artistic Merits,[190]
Rarity of Female Portraits in Spain,[191]
Murillo's Pictures in Spanish America,[192]
Murillo's "Virgin of the Napkin,"[193]
Anecdote of an Altar-Piece by Murillo,[194]
Murillo and his slave Gomez,[195]
An Artist's Love of Romance,[195]
Estéban March's Strange Method of Study,[198]
March's Adventure of the Fish, fried in Linseed Oil,[199]
A Painter's Rebuke,[200]
A Painter's Retort Courteous,[201]
Ardemans and Bocanegra—A Trial of Skill,[201]
A Painter's Artifice to "Keep up Appearances,"[202]
A Good Natured Criticism,[203]
Alonso Cano and the Intendant of the Bishop of Malaga,[203]
Cano's Love of Sculpture,[204]
Castillo's Sarcasm on Alfaro,[204]
Torres' Imitations of Caravaggio,[205]
Pantoja and the Eagle,[205]
The Painter Methodius and the King of Bulgaria,[206]
John C. Vermeyen and Charles V.,[206]
Blas de Prado and the Emperor of Morocco,[207]
Don Juan Carreño,[208]
Carreño's Copy of Titian's St. Margaret,[208]
Carreño's Abstraction of Mind,[209]
Anecdote of Cespedes' Last Supper,[209]
Zuccaro's Compliment to Cespedes,[210]
Dona Barbara Maria de Hueva,[210]
The Miraculous Picture of the Virgin,[211]
The Chair of St. Peter,[213]
The Sagro Catino, or Emerald Dish,[215]
The "Painter of Florence,"[217]
Legend of the Painter-Friar, the Devil, and the Virgin,[220]
Gerard Douw,[222]
Douw's Style,[224]
Douw's Method of Painting,[225]
Douw's Works,[226]
Albert Durer,[228]
Durer's Works as a Painter,[229]
Durer's Works as an Engraver,[231]
Durer's Fame and Death,[233]
Durer's Habits and Literary Works,[234]
Ludolph Backhuysen,[235]
John Baptist Weenix the Elder,[236]
Weenix's Facility of Hand,[236]
John Baptist Weenix the Younger,[237]
Jan Steen,[238]
Jan Steen's Works,[238]
Kugler's Critique on the Works of Jan Steen,[240]
Frolics of Mieris and Jan Steen,[241]
Sir Anthony More,[242]
Sir Anthony More and Philip II.,[243]
More's Success and Works,[243]
Perilous Adventure of a Painter,[245]
Anecdote of John de Mabuse,[246]
Capugnano and Lionello Spada,[247]
Michael Angelo Caravaggio—His Quarrelsome Disposition,[248]
Jacopo Amiconi,[249]
Painting the Dead,[250]
Taddeo Zuccaro,[250]
Zuccaro's Resentment,[251]
Royal Criticism,[252]
Pietro da Cortona,[253]
"Know Thyself,"[254]
Benvenuto Cellini,[255]
Fracanzani and Salvator Rosa,[256]
Pope Urban VIII. and Bernini,[256]
Emulation and Rivalry in the Fine Arts,[257]
The Nótte of Correggio,[259]
The Dresden Gallery,[262]
Painting among the Egyptians,[263]
Painting among the Greeks,[265]
Numismatics,[269]
Restoring Ancient Edifices,[274]
Napoleon's Love of Art,[274]
Napoleon's Works at Paris,[276]
The Napoleon Medals,[281]
The Elephant Fountain,[286]
Interesting Drawing,[287]
Sévre China,[288]
Dismantling of the Louvre,[289]
Removal of the Venetian Horses from Paris,[296]
Removal of the Statue of Napoleon from the Place Vendôme,[301]
The Musée Français and the Musée Royal,[302]
Boydell's Shakspeare Gallery,[305]
Brief Sketch of a Plan for an American National Gallery of Art,[307]
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