i. 86.
Anachronism, necessity of, in the best art, ii. 198.
Anatomy, a disadvantageous study for artists, iii. 47.
Angels, use of their images in Venetian heraldry, ii. 278; statues
of, on the Ducal Palace, ii. 311.
Anger, how symbolically represented, ii. 344.
Angles, decoration of, i. 260; ii. 305; of Gothic Palaces, ii. 238;
of Ducal Palace, ii. 307.
Animal character in northern and southern climates, ii. 156; in
grotesque art, iii. 149.
Apertures, analysis of their structure, i. 50; general forms of, i.
174.
Apse, forms of, in southern and northern churches compared, i. 170.
Arabesques of Raffaelle, their baseness, iii. 136.
Arabian architecture, i. 18, 234, 235, 429; ii. 135.
Arches, general structure of, i. 122; moral characters of, i. 126;
lancet, round, and depressed, i. 129; four-centred, i. 130; ogee, i.
131; non-concentric, i. 133, 341; masonry of, i. 133, ii. 218; load
of, i. 144; are not derived from vegetation, ii. 201.
Architects, modern, their unfortunate position, i. 404, 407.
Architecture, general view of its divisions, i. 47-51; how to judge
of it, ii. 173; adaptation of, to requirements of human mind, iii.
192; richness of early domestic, ii. 100, iii. 2; manner of its
debasement in general, iii. 3.
Archivolts, decoration of, i. 334; general families of, i. 335; of
Murano, ii. 49; of St. Mark's, ii. 95; in London, ii. 97; Byzantine,
ii. 138; profiles of, iii. 244.
Arts, relative dignity of, i. 395; how represented in Venetian
sculpture, ii. 355; what relation exists between them and their
materials, ii. 394; art divided into the art of facts, of design, and
of both, ii. 183; into purist, naturalist, and sensualist, ii. 187;
art opposed to inspiration, iii. 151; defined, iii. 170;
distinguished from science, iii. 35; how to enjoy that of the
ancients, iii. 188.
Aspiration, not the primal motive of Gothic work, i. 151.
Astrology, judicial, representation of its doctrines in Venetian
sculpture, ii. 352.
Austrian government in Italy, iii. 209.
Avarice, how represented figuratively, ii. 344.

B

Backgrounds, diapered, iii. 20.
Balconies, of Venice, ii. 243; general treatment of, iii. 254; of
iron, ii. 247.
Ballflower, its use in ornamentation, i. 279.
Balustrades. See "Balconies."
Bases, general account of, iii. 225; of walls, i. 55; of piers, i.
73; of shaft