History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture

History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture by J.S. Memes is an endeavor into the history of these precious art forms which still exist today. Excerpt: «INTRODUCTION. Taste—Principles of Imitative Art 1 SCULPTURE. CHAPTER I. Egyptian and Oriental Sculpture—Indian Monuments 15 CHAPTER II. Early Schools of Greece—Perfection of Material Art 34 CHAPTER III. Ideal Art—Phidias—Elgin Marbles—Methods of Composition Among the Greek Sculptors 49 CHAPTER IV. School of Beauty—Lysippus and Praxiteles—Historical Remarks 60 CHAPTER V. Sculpture in Ancient Italy—Etruscan Art—Roman Busts—Decline 69.»