GENERAL INDEX.

A

ACADEMY, the advantages of, i. 9, 10, 11.

Academy Royal, Observations on its foundation, i. 5, 6, 7.
peculiar advantages of, i. 10.

particulars of the origin of, xxxvii. —

Accident, how far favourable to Painters, ii. 103. iii.
81 to Architects, ii. 103..

Action, the principal requisite in a subject for History-
painting, iii. 104. See iii. 124.

Affectation, a hateful quality, i. 111. 258. iii. 133.
contrast to Simplicity, i. 259.

Agamemnon. See Timanthes.

Allegorical Painting, defence of, i. 214. Some by Ru-
bens condemned, ii. 256.

Amsterdam, Pictures at, ii. 354, 355. 369, 370.-

The Stadthouse, ii. 354.- Wharf-Office, ii. 356.

-Surgeons'-Hall, ibid. Mr. Hope's Cabinet, ii.
358. Mr. Gart's, ii. 363.

Anachronisms in Church-pictures, how far excusable,
ii. 314.

Analogy of the several Arts; utility to be derived from,

ii. 111.

Angelo Michael. - See M.

Antique, the Model to be copied, iii. 48.

Antwerp, Pictures at, ii. 277–336.

Apollo, Statue of, criticism on, ii. 19, 20.

Drapery of, remarks on, ii. 28.

Apostles, Statues of, in St. John Lateran's Church, de-
fects of, ii. 30.

Architecture, hints as to the principles of, ii. 136, & seq.
Artist, the qualifications of, iii. 81. 85. See Study,
Imitation, &c.

Arts, one cannot be engrafted on another, ii. 334.

what is the object and intention of them all, i. 142.

B

BACK-GROUND, in Pictures, rules as to, iii. 70. 152.
154.

Bacon, an observation of his on Painting disputed, i. 61.
Bad Pictures, in what respect useful, i. 272. ii. 379.
iii. 163.

Baroccio, his defect in colouring, iii. 178.

Bassano, his excellencies, i. 218. See iii. 207.

Basso Relievo, improvement of the Moderns in, ii. 33.
Beauty, ideal; what, and the notion of it how to be
pursued and acquired, i. 59. iii. 30, &c. 100.
103. 179. 223.

238.

the foundation of, i. 59, 60, 61. ii. 237,

its varieties, i. 62.

....... of form alone, one great excellence in
Sculpture, ii. 16. iii. 113. See Nature.

Bellino, Titian's first Master, Anecdotes of, iii. 204.

Bellori, his fanciful Idea of a Painter, iii. 220, &c.
Bernini, a fault of his Statue of David in point of ex-
pression, i. 87.

Bishop's Ancient Statues; an error in, corrected, ii. 200.
Black, its effect in Painting, iii. 64.

Bologna, peculiarly worthy the attention of travelling
Painters, i. 39.-See Schools of Painting.

Boucher, Anecdote of, ii. 105.

Bourdon, Sebast, his Return of the Ark praised, ii. 168.
Brueghel, (Old,) his merits and defects, ii. 408.
Bruges, Pictures at, ii. 249-252.

Brussels, Pictures at, ii. 259-270.

Caracci, Annibal, his exactness in copying from Models,

i. 19.

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210.

one of his best Pictures, ii. 387.

his character, iii. 89. 210.

Agostino, and Antonio; Anecdotes of, iii.

...... Lodovico; the excellence of his style, in what
pieces exemplified, i. 38.

Carelessness, discouraged, i. 74.

Carlo Dolci, a tolerable picture of his, ii. 388.
Carlo Maratti, his opinion as to Drapery, i. 90.