Falkener, Edward: Daedalus or the causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture (London, 1860)

CONTENTS.

PREFACE................................................P<W xiii.

INTRODUCTION ............................................ 1

ANCIENT ART.

I.—USE OF ART........................................ 27

II.—CAUSES OF SUCCESS................................ 31

III. —THE BEAUTIFUL.................................... 01

IV. —THE IDEAL.......................................... 71

V.—INDIVIDUALITY.................................... 91

VI.—COLOSSAL SCULPTURE.............................. 95

VII.—CHRYSELEPHANTINE SCULPTURE, AND ICONIC-

POLYCHROMY.................................... 104

Vm.—PERSPECTIVE, AND OPTICAL ILLUSION.......... I**4

MODERN ART.

I.—DECLINE OF ART.................................. 179

II.—INDIVIDUALITY.................................... 189

III. —COSTUME............................................ 210

IV. —DECORUM............................................ 224

V._COLOSSAL SCULPTURE ............................ 231

VI.—PERSPECTIVE ...................................... 239

VII.—BAS-RELIEF AND PEDIMENTAL SCULPTURE .... 249

VIII.—THE IDEAL.......................................... 261

IX.—CONCLUSION...............................,........ 269

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