Table of Contents
Contents
PREFACE v
INTRODUCTION 3
Part I THE COMMISSION: A SKEPTIC PAINTS A RELIGIOUS MURAL
Part II THE EVOLUTION OF THE MURALS
A. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SKETCHES 24
1. The Sketches for the St. Michael 30
2. The Sketches for the Jacob 40
3 . The Sketches for the Heliodorus 66
B. THE DAY-TO-DAY DEVELOPMENT OF THE MURALS 91
Part III THE MURALS
A. THE SUBJECTS 108
1. The Tradition of the Subjects 112
2. Biblical Authenticity, Exoticism and Romantic Realism 125
B. COMPOSITION AND COLOR 138
1. Composition 139
a. Gesture and Line 139
b. Scale and Viewpoint 142
c . Light and Shadow 143
2. Color 145
a. The Relation of Color to Composition 145
b . The Relation of Color to Luminosity and Brush Stroke 148
Part IV THE CRITICISM OF THE MURALS
CONCLUSION 158
APPENDIX I. COMMISSIONS FOR THE DECORATION OF PARISIAN
CHURCHES, 1840-1860 160
APPENDIX II. RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 161
APPENDIX III. EXCERPTS FROM THE CRITICISM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 162
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPORTANT SOURCES 170
INDEX OF NAMES 171
