Main entry:

Jarves, James Jackson, 1818-1888, author.

Title & Author:

Art-hints : architecture, sculpture, and painting / by James Jackson Jarves.

Publication:

London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1855.

Description:

xv, [1], 398 pages ; 20 cm

Notes:
Publisher's advertisements: [6] p. (at end).
Man's twofold nature -- Art in relation to history -- its rise -- Art in relation to history -- its fall -- Art in relation to matter and spirit -- Beauty, utility, ugliness, taste -- Variety of beauty -- fancy -- imagination -- The primary truths of nature as applied to art -- infinity -- power -- repose -- sincerity -- variety -- unity -- The general truths of the landscape -- form and color -- The particular truths of painting and sculpture -- Schools of art -- Greece, Rome, and Constantinople -- The Mediaeval schools -- religious art -- Symbolism and naturalism -- The struggle -- The Renaissance -- various directions of naturalism in Italy -- Spanish and Northern schools -- art in England, France, and America -- Art in relation to patronage -- Art in relation to artists -- religious and dramatic expression -- Great compositions of masters -- The landscape masters.
National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, 0062709

Subject:

Art.

Added entries:

Architecture, sculpture, and painting

Holdings:

Location: Library main 15564
Call No.: 990; ID:87-B4628
Status: Available