Pharos, Light-house of, ii, 164.
Phidias, i, 157;
his Statue of Minerva, i, 158, and ii, 171;
Phidias and Alcamenes, i, 159;
Ingratitude of the Athenians, i, 159;
his Olympian Jupiter, i, 17, and i, 160;
his Model for the Olympian Jupiter, i, 161.
Picture of Ialysus and his Dog, Protogenes, i, 149, and i, 281.
Picture of Calumny, Apelles', i, 94.
Picture of the Virgin, the Miraculous, iii, 211.
Pictures, first brought to Rome, i, 88.
Pictures of Glass, Ancient, ii, 58.
Pictures, Four finest at Rome, ii, 183.
Pillar of On, iii, 8.
Poecile at Athens, i, 13.
Pompeii--its Destruction;
Antiquities and Works of Art discovered, ii, 43;
Vivid Sketch of its present Appearance, etc., by an American
Traveler, ii, 46.
Pope as a Painter--his Fame, i, 201;
his Proficiency in the Art, ii, 214;
his Idea of the Practicability of Dinocrates' Plan of cutting Mount
Athos into a Statue of Alexander the Great, ii, 166.
Portici, the Site of Herculaneum, ii, 44 and 46.
Portraits, Female, Rarity of, in Spain, iii, 191.
Poussin, Nicholas--his Noble Descent, iii, 148;
his First Celebrity, iii, 149;
his first Visit to Rome, iii, 150;
his Enthusiasm and Assiduity, iii, 150;
his Distress, and the Paltry Prices he received for his
Works, iii, 151;
his Ultimate Appreciation and Success, iii, 152;
his Invitation back to Paris, iii, 153;
the King's Autograph Letter on the Occasion, iii, 153;
Intrigues, his Disgust, and Secret Return to Rome, iii, 154;
his Modesty, unostentatious Mode of Living, and his
Generosity, iii, 155;
Poussin and Cardinal Mancini, iii, 155;
Reynolds' Critique, iii, 156;
Poussin and Marino, iii, 159;
Poussin Romanized, iii, 160;
his Habits of Study, iii, 161;
his Old Age, iii, 162;
his Master-Piece, iii, 163;
his last Work and Death, iii, 163;
his Letter to M. Felibien, iii, 164;
his Ideas of Painting, iii, 164;
Poussin and the Nobleman, iii, 165;
and Mengs, iii, 165;
and Domenichino, iii, 166;
and Salvator Rosa, iii, 166;
his Dignity, iii, 167;
Poussin, Angelo, and Raffaelle compared, iii, 168.
Prado, Blas de, and the Emperor of Morocco, iii, 207.
Praxiteles, i, 155;
his Works--the Venus of Cnidus and the Apollo Sauroctonos, i, 155;
Praxiteles and Phryne, i, 156;
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