Scott, representative of the mind of the age in literature, iii. 259, 263, 277; quotations from, showing his habit of looking at nature, iii. 268, 269; Scott’s love of color, iii. 273-276; enjoyment of nature associated with his weakness, iii. 269-287; love of liberty, iii. 271; habit of drawing slight morals from every scene, iii. 276, 277; love of natural history, iii. 276; education of, compared with Turner’s, iii. 308, 309; description of Edinburgh, iii. 273; death without hope, v. [349].
Scripture, sanctity of color stated in, iv. 52, v. [319]; reference to mountains in, iv. 98, 119, 377; Sermon on the Mount, iii. 305, 338; reference to firmament, iv. 80, 86 (note), 87; attention to meaning of words necessary to the understanding of, v. [147]-151; Psalms, v. [145], [147].
Sculpture, imagination, how manifested in, ii. 184, 185; suitability of rocks for, iv. 111, 112, 119; instances of gilding and coloring of (middle ages), ii. 201; statues in Medici Chapel referred to, ii. 208; at the close of 16th century devoted to luxury and indolence, iii. 63; of 13th century, fidelity to nature in, iii. 203-208, v. [46]-48.
Sea, painting of, i. 373-382; has never been painted, i. 328; Stanfield’s truthful rendering of, i. 353; Turner’s heavy rolling, i. 376; seldom painted by the Venetians, i. 346; misrepresented by the old masters, i. 344; after a storm, effect of, i. 380, 381; Dutch painting of, i. 343; shore breakers inexpressible, i. 374; Homer’s feeling about the, iii. 169; Angel of the, v. [133]-151. See Foam, Water.
Seer, greater than thinker, iii. 134, 262.
Sensibility, knowledge of the beautiful dependent on, i. 52; an attribute of all noble minds, i. 52; the essence of a gentleman, v. [263]; want of, is vulgarity, v. [273]; necessary to the perception of facts, i. 52; to color and to form, difference between, i. 416; want of, in undue regard to appearance, v. [269]; want of, in Dutch painters, v. [277].
Sensitiveness, criterion of the gentleman, v. [262], [266]; absence of, sign of vulgarity, v. [273]; want of, in Dutch painters, v. [277], [278].
Sensuality, destructive of ideal character, ii. 123; how connected with impurity of color, ii. 124; various degrees of, in modern art, ii. 126, iii. 66; impressions of beauty, not connected with, ii. 12. See Purity.
Seriousness of men of mental power, iii. 258; want of, in the present age, ii. 169.
Shade, gradation of, necessary, ii. 47; want of, in early works of nations and men, i. 54; more important than color in expressing character of bodies, i. 70; distinctness of, in nature’s rocks, i. 311; and color, sketch of a great master conceived in, i. 405; beautiful only when showing beautiful form, ii. 82 (note).