Titian--Sketch of his Life, 1
Titian's Manners, 5
Titian's Works, 6
Titian's Imitators, 7
Titian's Venus and Adonis, 8
Titian and the Emperor Charles V., 10
Titian and Philip II., 13
Titian's Last Supper and El Mudo, 14
Titian's Old Age, 15
Monument to Titian, 15
Horace Vernet, 16
The Colosseum, 29
Nineveh and its Remains, 34
Description of a Palace Exhumed at Nimroud, 37
Origin and Antiquity of the Arch, 41
Antiquities of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiæ, 43
Ancient Fresco and Mosaic Painting, 55
Mosaic of the Battle of Platæa, 55
The Aldobrandini Wedding, 56
The Portland Vase, 56
Ancient Pictures on Glass, 58
Henry Fuseli; his Birth, 59
Fuseli's early Love of Art, 59
Fuseli's Literary and Poetical Taste, 60
Fuseli, Lavater, and the Unjust Magistrate, 61
Fuseli's Travels and his Literary Distinction, 62
Fuseli's Arrival in London, 63
Fuseli's change from Literature to Painting, 63
Fuseli's Sojourn in Italy, 65
Fuseli's Nightmare, 66
Fuseli's OEdipus and his Daughters, 66
Fuseli and the Shakspeare Gallery, 67
Fuseli's "Hamlet's Ghost," 68
Fuseli's Titania, 69
Fuseli's Election as a Royal Academician, 70
Fuseli and Horace Walpole, 71
Fuseli and the Banker Coutts, 72
Fuseli and Professor Porson, 73
Fuseli's method of giving vent to his Passion, 73
Fuseli's Love for Terrific Subjects, 73
Fuseli's and Lawrence's Pictures from the "Tempest," 74
Fuseli's estimate of Reynolds' Abilities in Historical Painting, 75
Fuseli and Lawrence, 75
Fuseli as Keeper of the Royal Academy, 76
Fuseli's Jests and Oddities with the Students of the Academy, 77
Fuseli's Sarcasms on Northcote, 78
Fuseli's Sarcasms on various rival Artists, 79
Fuseli's Retorts, 80
Fuseli's Suggestion of an Emblem of Eternity, 82
Fuseli's Retort in Mr. Coutts' Banking House, 82
Fuseli's Sarcasms on Landscape and Portrait Painters, 83
Fuseli's Opinion of his own Attainment of Happiness, 84
Fuseli's Private Habits, 84
Fuseli's Wife's method of Curing his fits of Despondency, 85
Fuseli's Personal Appearance, his Sarcastic Disposition,
and Quick Temper, 86
Fuseli's near Sight, 87
Fuseli's Popularity, 88
Fuseli's Artistic Merits, 88
Fuseli's Milton Gallery, the Character of his Works,
and the Permanency of his Fame, 89
Salvator Rosa, 91
Salvator Rosa and Cav. Lanfranco, 91
Salvator Rosa at Rome and Florence, 92
Salvator Rosa's Return to Rome, 93
Salvator Rosa's Subjects, 93
Flagellation of Salvator Rosa, 95
Salvator Rosa and the Higgling Prince, 96
Salvator Rosa's Opinion of his own Works, 98
Salvator Rosa's Banditti, 98
Salvator Rosa and Massaniello, 100
Salvator Rosa and Cardinal Sforza, 100
Salvator Rosa's Manifesto Concerning his Satirical
Picture, La Fortuna, 101
Salvator Rosa's Banishment from Rome, 102
Salvator Rosa's Wit, 103
Salvator Rosa's Reception at Florence, 103
Histrionic Powers of Salvator Rosa, 104
Salvator Rosa's Reception at the Palazzo Pitti, 105
Satires of Salvator Rosa, 105
Salvator Rosa's Harpsichord, 106
Rare Portrait by Salvator Rosa, 106
Salvator Rosa's Return to Rome, 109
Salvator Rosa's Love of Magnificence, 109
Salvator Rosa's Last Works, 111
Salvator Rosa's Desire to be Considered an Historical Painter, 112
Don Mario Ghigi, his Physician, and Salvator Rosa, 113
Death of Salvator Rosa, 115
Domenichino, 121
The Dulness of Domenichino in Youth, 121
Domenichino's Scourging of St. Andrew, 123
The Communion of St. Jerome, 124
Domenichino's Enemies at Rome, 125
Decision of Posterity on the Merits of Domenichino, 126
Proof of the Merits of Domenichino, 127
Domenichino's Caricatures, 127
Intrigues of the Neapolitan Triumvirate of Painters, 128
Giuseppe Ribera, called Il Spagnoletto--his early
Poverty and Industry, 133
Ribera's Marriage, 134
Ribera's Rise to Eminence, 135
Ribera's Discovery of the Philosopher's Stone, 135
Ribera's Subjects, 136
Ribera's Disposition, 137
Singular Pictorial Illusions, 137
Raffaelle's Skill in Portraits, 138
Jacopo da Ponte, 139
Giovanni Rosa, 139
Cav. Giovanni Centarini, 139
Guercino's Power of Relief, 140
Bernazzano, 140
Invention of Oil Painting, 141
Foreshortening, 145
Method of Transferring Paintings from Walls and
Panels to Canvass, 146
Works in Scagliola, 147
The Golden Age of Painting, 149
Golden Age of the Fine Arts in Ancient Rome, 152
Nero's Golden Palace, 155
Names of Ancient Architects Designated by Reptiles, 156
Triumphal Arches, 157
Statue of Pompey the Great, 159
Antique Sculptures in Rome, 159
Ancient Map of Rome, 160
Julian the Apostate, 160
The Tomb of Mausolus, 161
Mandrocles' Bridge Across the Bosphorus, 162
The Colossus of the Sun at Rhodes, 162
Statues and Paintings at Rhodes, 164
Sostratus' Light-House on the Isle of Pharos, 164
Dinocrates' Plan for Cutting Mount Athos into a
Statue of Alexander the Great, 165
Pope's idea of Forming Mount Athos into a Statue
of Alexander the Great, 166
Temple with an Iron Statue Suspended in the Air by Loadstone, 168
The Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Athens, 168
The Parthenon at Athens, 170
The Elgin Marbles, 171
The first Odeon at Athens, 182
Perpetual Lamps, 182
The Skull of Raffaelle, 183
The Four Finest Pictures in Rome, 183
The Four Carlos of the 17th Century, 184
Pietro Galletti and the Bolognese Students, 184
Ætion's Picture of the Nuptials of Alexander and Roxana, 184
Ageladas, 185
The Porticos of Agaptos, 185
The Group of Niobe and her Children, 185
Statue of the Fighting Gladiator, 187
The Group of Laocoön in the Vatican, 187
Michael Angelo's Opinion of the Laocoön, 190
Discovery of the Laocoön, 190
Sir John Soane, 191
Soane's Liberality and Public Munificence, 192
The Belzoni Sarcophagus, 194
Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata," 195
George Morland, 197
Morland's Early Talent 198
Morland's Early Fame, 199
Morland's Mental and Moral Education under an Unnatural Parent, 200
Morland's Escape from the Thraldom of his Father, 201
Morland's Marriage and Temporary Reform, 202
Morland's Social Position, 203
An Unpleasant Dilemma, 204
Morland at the Isle of Wight, 205
A Novel Mode of Fulfilling Commissions, 206
Hassel's First Interview with Morland, 206
Morland's Drawings in the Isle of Wight, 207
Morland's Freaks, 208
A Joke on Morland, 208
Morland's Apprehension as a Spy, 209
Morland's "Sign of the Black Bull," 210
Morland and the Pawnbroker, 211
Morland's idea of a Baronetcy, 212
Morland's Artistic Merits,. 212
Charles Jervas, 213
Jervas the Instructor of Pope, 214
Jervas and Dr. Arbuthnot, 215
Jervas' Vanity, 215
Holbein and the Fly, 216
Holbein's Visit to England, 216
Henry VIII.'s Opinion of Holbein, 217
Holbein's Portrait of the Duchess Dowager of Milan, 218
Holbein's Flattery in Portraits--a Warning to Painters, 219
Holbein's Portrait of Cratzer, 219
Holbein's Portrait of Sir Thomas More and Family, 220
Sir John Vanbrugh and his Critics, 221
Anecdote of the English Painter, James Seymour, 223
Precocity of Luca Giordano, 224
Giordano's Enthusiasm, 225
Luca Fa Presto, 226
Giordano's Skill in Copying, 226
Giordano's Success at Naples, 227
Giordano, the Viceroy, and the Duke of Diano, 228
Giordano Invited to Florence, 229
Giordano and Carlo Dolci, 229
Giordano's Visit to Spain, 230
Giordano's Works in Spain, 231
Giordano at the Escurial, 232
Giordano's Habits in Spain, 233
Giordano's First Picture Painted in Spain, 233
Giordano a Favorite at Court, 234
Giordano's Return to Naples, 236
Giordano's Personal Appearance and Character, 237
Giordano's Riches, 238
Giordano's Wonderful Facility of Hand, 239
Giordano's Powers of Imitation, 240
Giordano's Fame and Reputation, 240
Remarkable Instance of Giordano's Rapidity of Execution, 242
Revival of Painting in Italy, 244
Giovanni Cimabue, 251
Cimabue's Passion for Art, 252
Cimabue's Famous Picture of the Virgin, 253
The Works of Cimabue, 255
Death of Cimabue, 256
Giotto, 257
Giotto's St. Francis Stigmata, 259
Giotto's Invitation to Rome, 260
Giotto's Living Model, 262
Giotto and the King of Naples, 264
Giotto and Dante, 266
Death of Giotto, 266
Buonamico Buffalmacco, 267
Buffalmacco and his Master, 267
Buffalmacco and the Nuns of the Convent of Faenza, 270
Buffalmacco and the Nun's Wine, 272
Buffalmacco, Bishop Guido and his Monkey, 273
Buffalmacco's Trick on the Bishop of Arezzo, 277
Origin of Label Painting, 278
Utility of Ancient Works, 280
Buffalmacco and the Countryman, 282
Buffalmacco and the People of Perugia, 283
Buffalmacco's Novel Method of Enforcing Payment, 285
Stefano Fiorentino, 286
Giottino, 286
Paolo Uccello, 287
Ucello's Enthusiasm, 288
Uccello and the Monks of San Miniato, 289
Uccello's Five Portraits, 290
Uccello's Incredulity of St. Thomas, 291
The Italian Schools of Painting, 292
Claude Joseph Vernet, 295
Vernet's Precocity, 295
Vernet's Enthusiasm, 296
Vernet at Rome 298
Vernet's "Alphabet of Tones," 299
Vernet and the Connoisseur, 301
Vernet's Works, 301
Vernet's Passion for Music, 306
Vernet's Opinion of his own Merits, 307
Curious Letter of Vernet, 308
Charles Vernet, 310
Anecdote of Charles Vernet, 311
M. de Lasson's Caricature, 311
Frank Hals and Vandyke, 312