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The Bases of Design

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Ahmedabad, carved stone lattice window at, 182, 183.

Alciati's "Emblems," 253-256.

Alhambra, the, 186, 187.

Amiens, sculpture at, 270, 273.

Amman, Jost, 367.

Amphora, Greek, 80, 81.

Angels, Christian, 244.

Andreæ, Hieronymus, 284.

Andreani, Andrea, 330, 331.

Anthemion ornament, Greek, 49, 52.

Apelles, 303, 304.

Arabian invasion of Persia, 175, 179; casement, 180; carved pulpit, 212, 213, 215.

Arch, round, 5, 16; pointed, 5, 26.

Arches, typical forms of, 30.

Architecture, the original basis of design, 3; typical constructive forms in, 5; Greek, 6-16; Roman, 16-20; Byzantine, 20-25; Norman, 26-28; Gothic, 28-46; relationship between, and the art of design generally, 46, 47.

Ardebil, Holy Carpet of the mosque at, 175-177.

Assyrian border, 49, 50; enamelled tile, 49, 51; sculpture, 192, 203, 204; treatment of natural forms, 198-202.

Auxerre, sculpture at, 270, 272.

Axmouth Church, tower of, 64.

Bacchus, visit of, to Icarius, 18, 201.

Barge-board, use of the, 61.

Bates, Harry, 100.

Bellini, Jacopo, 328.

Beni Hasan, tomb of, 195, 265.

Benson, W. A. S., 70.

Bewick, Thomas, revival of the woodcut under, 119, 294.

Birds, Egyptian treatment of, 264; Japanese treatment of, 264, 266, 267; Bewick's treatment of, 294.

Blake, William, 119, 120, 294.

Bohemia, old towns of, 188, 189.

Book-binding, 370-372.

Books, decoration of, 117-121, 133-141.

Botticelli, Sandro, 323-326.

Bouchardon, statue of Louis XV. by, 99, 101.

Brasses, heraldry in, 252; characteristics of design in, 290-293.

Bronze casting, 98-101.

Brown, Ford Madox, cartoons for glass by, 152, 153; drawings by, 300.

Bruges, the Belfry of, 62; grate back from, 67, 68; iron-work at, 103; brass at, 291, 292.

"Buch von den Sieben Todsünden," 117.

Burgmair, Hans, 284.

Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, studies by, 126.

Byzantine art, 20-25, 141, 239.

Cairo, casement from, 181; pulpit from, 212, 213, 215; carved and inlaid panel from, 217.

Calvert, Edward, 294.

Cambridge, King's College Chapel, 32.

Candelabra, brass, 73-75.

Candlesticks, 69, 71, 73, 76, 77.

Canopied tombs, 38, 39; seat and sideboard, 41.

Canterbury, Anselm's Tower, 26, 27; transitional arcade, 29; south side of choir, 43, 45; fire-dog from St. Nicholas's Hospital, 67.

Cave men, art of the, 259, 260, 261.

Ceiling decoration, 124, 125, 126, 131.

Cellini, Benvenuto, 100.

Celtic cross, 209.

Cera perduta, 98, 99.

Chequer pattern, the, 48, 49.

Chimneys, importance of, in design, 63-65.

Chinese porcelain, 86, 174, 214; embroidery, 115, 211; design, features of, 214, 216, 220.

Christchurch, Norman house at, 63.

Christian symbols, 239, 240, 241.

Cimabue, 306.

Circle, the, 226.

Clarke, Purdon, 210.

Clay, modelling in, 93-96.

Cobden-Sanderson, T. J., 370-372.

Colosseum, the, 16, 17.

Constantine, arch of, 19.

Copper-plate engraving, 119, 294.

Cotton printing, 111.

Crane, Walter, book decoration, 139, 140; wall-paper designs, 124-134; floor motive, 130.

Crane, wrought iron, 69.

Creeny's "Monumental Brasses," 252, 291, 293.

Dalziel, the brothers, 298, 300.

Dante, 308; portrait of, by Giotto, 309.

Da Vinci, Leonardo, 333-338.

De Hooghe, Romeyn, 256.

Delaune, Etienne, 363.

Delft ware, 86.

Delia Robbia ware, 164.

Dennington Church, carving in, 42, 92.

Derby pottery, 86.

Devils, mediæval, 244.

Diaper, rectangular, 88; Chinese, 216.

Dish decoration, 85-87.

Doré, Gustave, 187.

Doyle, Richard, 298.

Drinking vessels, 79-85.

Dripstone, principal of the, 59, 60.

Du Maurier, George, 298.

Dürer, Albert, 278-285.

Eger, 189.

Egyptian pottery, 96, 97; primitive dwellings, 167, 168; stone columns, 169, 170, 171; hieroglyphics, 194, 195; mural paintings, 196, 197; types of design, 219; symbolism, 229-232; treatment of birds, 264; realism in art, 265.

Electric light fittings, 78.

Emblem book, the, 253, 254.

Embroidery, 113-116, 211.

Erasmus's "Praise of Folly," 107, 108.

Evangelists, symbols of the, 246.

Fire-dogs, 66, 67, 103.

Fire-irons, 66, 103.

Florence, tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, 62, 63.

Ford, Onslow, 100.

Forum, frieze discovered in the, 270, 271.

Fra Angelico, 242, 243, 244.

Framlingham Castle, chimney at, 64, 66.

Fuchsius, "De Historia Stirpium," 286, 287.

Fylfot, the, 222, 224.

Gerard's Herbal, 286.

German chandelier, 73-75; lantern, 76, 77; beer mugs, 82; pitcher, 87, 96; early woodcuts, 117, 118, 278.

Giotto, 270, 306-314, 359.

Ghiberti, Lorenzo, 270, 306.

Gilbert, Alfred, 100.

Glass, stained, Gothic, 32, 141; designing for, 141-159.

Glass bottles (Italian), 82, 83, 84.

Glass-blowing, 365, 366.

Gothic architecture, development of, 28-46.

Gozzoli, Benozzo, 244, 318-322.

Grate backs, cast-iron, 66-68.

Greek sculpture and architecture, 6-15; furniture, etc., 15-16; water vessels, 80, 81; cylix, 85; ornament, 204; stele, 206; symbolism, 232; gods, 236; sculpture, 268; vases, 304.

Grimani Breviary, the, 274, 276, 277.

Grün, Hans Baldung, 118.

Harrison, Miss Jane E., 304.

Hathersage Church, 223.

Hazelford Hall, 59.

Hempstead, fireplace at, 69.

Heraldry, national, 248; origin and development of, 248-252.

Herbals, 285, 286.

Hercules, 236.

"Herring bone," 225.

Hesperides, the, 236, 237.

Hieroglyphic, Egyptian, 194, 195.

Hindu symbol of the Universe, 228, 229.

Holbein's "Dance of Death," 254.

Hunt, Holman, 296, 300.

Icarius, house of, 18, 201.

Ictinus, 303.

Igdrasil, 229.

Ightham Mote House, barge-board at, 57.

Impressionism, influenced by Japanese art, 290.

Indian embroidery, 211; design, 180; carved stone windows, 182, 183; flame halo, 207; palmette, 210, 211.

Iron-work, wrought, 100, 102-105.

Isle of Man, arms of, 223.

Italian flasks and bottle, 82, 83, 84; majolica and lustre ware, 86; art, 185; painters, 304-349.

"Jack and the Beanstalk," 238.

Japanese embroidery, 115, 116; art, 216; types of design, 220; treatment of birds, 264, 266, 267; plant drawing, 286, 288, 289.

Keene, Charles, 295, 296, 298.

Kelmscott Press, the, 121, 136, 139, 368.

Lamb, symbolic use of the, 246.

Lamps, design of, 69, 70, 77.

Leech, John, 298.

Leigh's Priory, chimneys at, 65.

Leighton, Lord, 300, 306.

Lintel, architecture of the, 5.

Lion, Scottish, 248; in heraldry, 252.

Lions (sculptured), Assyrian, 202, 203; modern, 203.

Loom, the, 106-108.

Lotus, Egyptian, 169, 197, 199, 230; Assyrian, 202.

Louis XV., statue of, by Bouchardon, 99, 101.

Luxor, column at, 169.

Lycia, tombs in, 6, 7.

Majolica ware, 86.

Manchester, Cheetham's Hospital, 67.

Mantegna, Andrea, 326-333.

Manuscripts, illuminated, 274, 276, 277.

Mat, the primitive, 48, 49, 50.

Matthiolus, Herbal of, 286.

May, Phil, 299, 300.

Medici, Giuliano de, tomb of, 346, 348.

Medici, Lorenzo de, 339, 340; tomb of, 347, 348.

Memling, 42, 43, 274, 276, 277.

Memmi, Simone, 306, 307.

Michael Angelo, 336, 338-348.

Millais, Sir J. E., 296.

Modelling in clay, 93; in wax, 97.

Morris, William, 121, 136, 248, 368.

Mosaics at Ravenna, 21-25, 239-241.

Mouldings in architecture, origin of, 59.

Multan, tomb at, 182.

Mycenæ, gate of the lions at, 6, 10.

Nile, the (sculptured group), 234, 235.

Norman architecture, 26, 27.

Norse sagas, 227.

Nuremberg, iron-work at, 103, 106.

Nuremberg Chronicle, the, 278.

Omar Khayyám, 178.

"Once a Week," 298.

Orcagna, Andrea, 244, 245, 316-319.

Oxen, heads of, 55, 56.

Oxford, Magdalen Tower, 62.

Palmette, the, 210, 211.

Pan, 244.

Pandora, story of, 237.

Paper making, 368.

Paris, Sainte Chapelle, glass from, 141-143, 145.

Parthenon, the, 7-14, 268; symbolism of the, 232-234, 246.

Peacock, the, in Byzantine art, 239.

Penshurst Place, 63.

Pergamos, altar of, 268.

Persephone, story of, 238.

Persepolis, 172, 247.

Persian pottery, 86; types of design, 171, 211, 219; glazed bricks, 171-173; carpets, 109, 110, 174, 175, 177; art, 176-180; embroidery, 114, 211; pomegranates, 208, 209; griffin, 244, 247.

Petrarch, 319.

Phidias, 303.

Philæ, lotus capital at, 171.

Photography, influence of, on design, 119, 138, 300, 301.

Pisano, Niccolo, 314, 315.

Pistoia, Cathedral at, 164, 165.

Pitcher, design of a, 79.

Plate decoration, 85, 87.

Polynesian ornament, 225, 226.

"Pomerium de Tempore" (Augsburg, 1502), 294.

Potter's wheel, the, 94.

Pottery, 79, 94-96.

Pourbus, 62.

Poynter, Sir E. J., 296, 300.

Pre-Raphaelite movement, the, 296.

Printing, the art of, 366-370.

Printed fabrics, designing for, 111-113.

Printed page, proportions of the, 135, 137; decoration of the, 135-141, 369.

Protogenes, 303, 304.

"Punch," 295-300.

Raphael, 328, 338.

Ravenna, mosaics at, 21-25, 239-241.

Recurring lines, principle of, 12, 28.

Rethel, Alfred, 296.

Roman architecture, 16-21; water-vessel, 80; gods, 236.

Roof, pitch of the, 56.

Rossetti, D. G., 296.

Rothenburg, pitcher from, 87, 96; iron balustrade from, 105, 106.

Rubens, Peter Paul, 332.

Salisbury, St. Thomas's, screen at, 104, 106.

Salisbury Cathedral, Chapter House in, 32; glass grisaille in, 151.

Sambourne, Linley, 297, 298.

Sandys, Frederick, 296.

San Gimignano, towers of, 61.

Sauvastika, the, 222, 224.

Scale in design, 133.

Scandinavian clay vessel, 95; ornament, 226.

Scarabæus, the, 230.

Shields, typical forms of, 249, 250.

Sicilian silk tissue, 251, 252.

Signorelli, 244.

Simonds, George, 100.

Sistine Chapel, ceiling of the, 342, 343.

"Sleeping Beauty," 238.

Snake of time, the, 228, 230.

Snuffers, 76, 77.

Soul, Egyptian symbolism of the, 230.

Sparrow, J. S., modern glass by, 156, 157.

Sphinx, the, 232.

Stags drinking, a Christian emblem, 239, 240.

St. David's Cathedral, timber roof, 43, 44; misereres in, 93, 94.

St. Ethelwold, Benedictional of, 227.

Stevens, Alfred, 67, 204.

St. Mark, winged lion of, 246.

St. Martha, at Troyes, 273, 275.

Stone-carving, 91-93.

Stonehenge, 6.

Sunlight, influence of, on art, 16, 161 et seq., 182, 184.

Susa, glazed bricks at, 171-174.

Tenniel, Sir John, 236, 298.

Tennyson's poems (1857), 296.

Textiles, designing for, 86, 106-113, 131.

Thames, Father, 236.

Thebes, mural painting from, 196.

Theodora, the Empress (mosaic), 24.

Thonging, decoration derived from, 54.

Title-page, the, 136.

Tivoli, Temple of the Sibyl at, 55.

Torregiano, 340.

Towers, origin and importance of, 61-64.

Tradition in design, 349, 350.

Tree of Life, Assyrian, 198, 200; Persian, 211; Norse, 227, 228.

Trees, Egyptian and Assyrian treatment of, 200-202.

"Triumph of Julius Cæsar, The," 329-332.

"Triumphs of Maximilian, The," 282, 284, 285.

Troyes, St. Urbain, sculpture at, 273, 275.

Turnov, old houses at, 188.

Type, arrangement of, 135; founding, 368.

Van Eyck, 42, 73.

Venice, St. Mark's, 22, 23; badge of the city, 246.

Venus and Paris, relief, 237.

Venus of Melos, the, 304.

Vine, the, as a Christian emblem, 239.

Volute ornament, origin of, 51; ancient specimens, 53.

Walker, Frederick, 296, 297.

Wall-paper designs, 124 et seq.

Water-vessels, 79-81.

Wattled fence, 51, 52.

Wax, modelling in, 97.

Wells Cathedral, 32, 33, 40, 41.

Westminster Abbey, nave of, 30, 31; Henry VII.'s Chapel, 32, 35, 43.

Whistler, J. McNeill, 300.

Wicker work, 51.

Wilton House, relief from, 237.

Winchelsea Church, tomb in, 38, 39.

Winchester College Chapel, glass from, 147.

Windows, traceried, 32, 34, 141; and see Glass, stained.

Winston, on glass painting, 144.

Wolgemuth, Michael, 278.

Wood-carving, 91-93.

Woodcuts, early German, 117, 118, 278-285; Italian, 285; in Herbals, 285-288; Japanese, 286, 288-290; revival under Bewick, 119, 294.

Worcester pottery, 86.

York Minster, the "Five Sisters," 32, 37.

Zigzag, the, 226, 227.

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