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Art

INDEX

Katharine Waldo Douglas Fedden translation

256Age d’Airain, Rodin’s, 65, 67, 71, 73

Andrea del Sarto, 105, 106

Arc de Triomphe, 83

Aristotle, 216

Art, realism in, 25–34; character in, 37–50; movement in, 65–89; drawing and color in, 93–107; thought in, 151–171; mystery in, 175–188

Art, modern, Rodin’s views on, 6

Artist, usefulness of, 227–245

Baiser, Rodin’s, 186

Balzac, Rodin’s, 66, 146, 186

Baptistery, Florence, 40

Barye, 67

Bazire, 135, 138

Beaudelaire, 44

Beauty of women, 113–118

Belle Heaulmière, Rodin’s, 37–42

Berthelot, Rodin’s bust of, 146

Biron, l’Hôtel de, 111

Bois Sacré, Chavannes’, 238

Bourdelle, 227–242

Bourgeois de Calais, Rodin’s, 66, 85, 144, 185

British Museum, 212

Brongniart children, Houdon’s bust of, 122

257Burghers of Calais. See Bourgeois de Calais

Busts, Rodin’s, 134–148, 186

Busts, Rodin’s views on, 121–148

Byron, Lord, 158

Calais, 88

Caliari, 79

Cambodian dancers, 116

Captives, Michael Angelo’s, 218

Carpeaux, 67, 159

Centauress, Rodin’s, 163

Chantilly, 201

Character in nature, 45

Chardin, 240

Charles V, Titian’s, 131

Chavannes, Puvis de, 237, 238, 241; Rodin’s bust of, 143

Children of Edward, Delavigne’s. See Enfants d’Edouard

Claude Lorraine, 106

Cnidian Venus, 206

Color, Rodin’s views on, 96–107

Color in sculpture, 60

Commander, the, 73

Concert Champêtre, Giorgione’s, 182

Confessions, Rousseau’s, 126

Constant, 58

Corneille, 85

258Corot, 166, 179, 241

Correggio, 105, 106

Courbet, 240, 241

Course d’Epsom, Gericault’s, 76

Cuyp, 166

Dalou, 140–142; Rodin’s bust of, 140

Dance, Carpeaux’s, 67

Dante, 69

Daughter of Icarus, Rodin’s. See Fille d’Icare

David, 104

Delacroix, 103, 158

Delaroche, 157

Delavigne, Casimir, 157, 158

Della Robbia. See Luca della Robbia

Dépôt des Marbres, 25, 111

Despiau, 227, 229, 233

Diadumenes, 212

Diana, Houdon’s, 115, 237

Divine Comedy, 160

Don Juan’s Shipwreck, Delacroix’s. See Naufrage de Don Juan

Donatello, 40, 202

Drawing, Rodin’s views on, 93–107

Ducal Palace, Venice, 79

Duomo, the, 221

Dürer, Albrecht, 104, 106

Egyptian sculpture, 180

Embarkation for the Island of Cythera, Watteau’s. See Embarquement, etc.

259Embarquement pour Cythère, Watteau’s, 80, 84

Enfants d’Edouard, Delavigne’s, 157

Epsom Races. See Course d’Epsom

Europa, 79

Falguière, Rodin’s bust of, 145–146

Fille d’Icare, Rodin’s, 162

Flesh, the, 56, 57

France, Anatole, 203–207

Francis I, Titian’s, 131

Franklin, Houdon’s bust of, 122, 128

Gericault, 76, 77

Ghirlandajo, 202

Giorgione, 182

Gleaners, Millet’s, 182

Goethe, 180

Gothic cathedrals, 166

Goujon, Jean, 115, 218

Graces, Raphael’s, 201

Greek sculpture, 11, 27, 56, 57, 114, 192–196, 212–218

Greuze, 240

Hanako, 116

Henner, 123

Hercules, Bourdelle’s, 227

Hercules, statue of, 205

260Holbein, 104, 106

Holy Wood. See Bois Sacré

Hommage à Victor Hugo, Chavannes’, 238

Homme qui marche, Rodin’s, 66

Houdon, his busts, 115, 121, 122, 125–129, 147, 148, 237

Houdon, Mme., Houdon’s bust of, 122

Hugo, Victor, 118, 135–138, 181, 243

Hugo, Rodin’s bust of, 135, 136, 137, 138, 156

Illusion, Rodin’s, 162

Ingres, 104

l’Intransigeant, 135

Iron Age. See Age d’Airain

Issy, 13

Italians, the modern, 114

Judgment of Paris, Watteau’s, 115

Laurens, Jean-Paul, Rodin’s bust of, 144

Literature, its relation to art, 153–161

Louvre, the, 76, 79, 101, 201, 211–223

Luca della Robbia, 178

Lucretius, 207

Luxembourg, Musée du, 41, 65, 140, 144, 161, 187

Lysippus, 199, 205

261Man with the Hoe, Millet’s, 44

Maréchal Ney, Rude’s, 67, 69

Marivaux, 84

Marseillaise, La (newspaper), 135

Marseillaise, Rude’s, 67, 83, 84, 85, 237

Meditation. See Penseur

Meudon, 5, 37, 111, 134, 175

Michael Angelo, 97, 178; his work expounded by Rodin, 196–202, 218–223

Millet, François, 43, 179, 182, 240, 241

Mirabeau, Houdon’s bust of, 122, 127

Modelling, 53–61, 66

Models, 26

Moses, Michael Angelo’s, 228

Movement in art, 65–89

Mystery in art, 175–188

Nature, as seen by Rodin, 30–34, 37–50

Naufrage de Don Juan, Delacroix’s, 158

Nude, the, 27

Ovid, 68

Palais Royal, 156

Pan, Bourdelle’s, 227

Pantheon, the, 144, 238

Paris, 15, 111, 238

Parnassus, 101

Parthenon, the, 183

262Paul III, Titian’s, 131

Pensée, Rodin’s, 161

Penseur, Rodin’s, 151–152, 185

Periboëtos, torso of, 213

Phidias, 114, 165, 218, 222; his work expounded by Rodin, 192–196

Philip IV, Velasquez’s, 131

Photographs, instantaneous, 73, 74, 75, 76

Pietà, Michael Angelo’s, 222

Pilon, Germain, 218

Pisanello, 131

Polycletus, 199, 212

Pont de l’Alma, 5

Portraits, 123–125, 129–134

Pottery, 99

Poussin, 236, 239

Praxiteles, 199, 206, 213

Prudhon, 240

Puget, 236

Pygmalion, Rodin’s, 163, 164

Racine, 45

Raphael, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 200

Realism in art, 25–34

Rembrandt, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 167, 168, 187

Robbia, della. See Luca della Robbia

Rochefort, Henri, 138, 139

Rochefort, Rodin’s bust of, 138, 139

Rodin, Auguste, his home at Val-Fleury, 5; 263at the Dépôt des Marbres, 25; his method of work, 26-34; at “l’Hôtel de Biron,” 111; his religion, 175-177; his views on modern art, 6; on nature, 30-34, 37-50; on modelling, 53-61; on drawing and color, 93-107; on beauty of women, 111-118; on busts and portraits, 121-148; on thought in art, 151-171; on mystery in art, 175-188; on Phidias and Michael Angelo, 191-207, 218-223; on usefulness of artists, 227-245

Rousseau, Houdon’s bust of, 125

Rousseau, Theodore, 166

Rubens, 98, 105, 106

Rude, 67, 69, 83, 85, 237

Ruysdael, 166

Sainte Geneviève, Chavannes’, 238

Saint George, 101

Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Rodin’s, 65, 67, 71, 72, 73, 74, 185

Saint John, Rodin’s. See Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Sainte Magdalene, Donatello’s, 40

Saint-Pierre, Eustache de, 86, 88

Santisimo Christo, Chapel del, Burgos, 175

Sanzio, 101

Scopas, 199

Sculpture, Egyptian, 180

264Sculpture, Greek, 11, 27, 56, 57, 114, 192-196, 212-218

Sebastian, Velasquez’s, 43

Shakespeare, 45

Siena, 201

Société des Gens de Lettres, 146

Sorbonne, the, 238

South Kensington, 101

Stained-glass, 98

Thiers, 127

Three Fates, 183

Titian, 98, 131, 167, 168

Truth in art, 31, 45

Turner, 106

Ugliness in nature, 42

Ugolin, Rodin’s, 159

265Val-Fleury, Rodin’s home at, 5

Vatican, the, 101

Velasquez, 43, 105, 106, 131

Venus, the Cnidian, 206

Venus of the Capitol, 206

Venus di Medici, 54, 206

Venus of Milo, 213

Veronese, 79, 98

Victory of Samothrace, 215

Villain, 136

Villon, 37

Vinci, Leonardo da, 182

Voltaire, Houdon’s bust of, 121, 122, 126, 237

Washington, Houdon’s bust of, 122

Watteau, 80, 81, 85, 115, 237, 240

Women, beauty of, 113-118

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