A History of Art for Beginners and Students - Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A History of Art for Beginners and Students, by Clara Erskine ClementThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: A History of Art for Beginners and StudentsPainting, Sculpture, ArchitectureAuthor: Clara Erskine ClementRelease Date: May 29, 2008 [EBook #25632]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORY OF ART ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Janet Blenkinship and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netFig. 58 FIG. 58.—THE VENUS OF MILO. (Seepage 87.)AHISTORY OF ARTFORBEGINNERS AND STUDENTSPAINTING—SCULPTURE—ARCHITECTUREWITHCOMPLETE INDEXES AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONSBYCLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTAUTHOR OF "HANDBOOK OF LEGENDARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL ART,""PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ENGRAVERS, ARCHITECTS AND THEIR WORKS,""ARTISTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY," ETC.NEW YORKFREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY MDCCCXCICopyright, 1887,By FREDERICK A. STOKES,Successor to White, Stokes, & Allen.CONTENTS.CHAPTER I.Ancient Sculpture:Egypt, 1Assyria, 10CHAPTER II.Greek Sculpture, 18CHAPTER III.Ancient Italian Sculpture, 82CHAPTER IV.Mediæval Sculpture, from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century, 105CHAPTER V.Italian Sculpture in the Fifteenth Century, 136CHAPTER VI.Sculpture in Germany ...