Book/Printed Material A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the fine arts; and every useful topic connected therewith Page View

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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 3 of Page View 1B otoardy  Wenig a ââââââââ ii ÂC THE GIFT OF 2 LESSING J ROSENWALD TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 8 of Page View HE GENERAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FINE ARTS CONTAINING EXPLANATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL TERMS USED IN THE Axts of Painting Sculpture Architecture and Gugrabing IN ALL THEIR VARIOUS BRANCHES HISTORICAL SKETCHES…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 10 of Page View TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT PEEL MP HIS MAJESTYâS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT THIS DICTIONARY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THOSE ARTS WHICH HE SO WELL UNDERSTANDS AND SO NOBLY PATRONISES…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
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    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 12 of Page View PREFACE Ix the present state of intellectual society when the Sovereign and the Legislature of the country are giving such splendid encouragement to the Fine Arts when every class of the people…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 13 of Page View Vill PREFACE logue of the best Books and Treatises thereon so that the investigating student may know what authorities to refer to when he wishes or requires further information In saying that…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 14 of Page View A DICTIONARY OF THE FINE ARTS ABA Apaciscus In ancient architecture The square compartments of musaic pavements Agacor from abacus In costume The cap of state or coronet worn anciently by the…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 15 of Page View ABBREVIATION A Absolvo absolutio aiunt aliquando ager albo annos argentum Augustus e A A Auro argento AA A FF Auro argento re flando feriunda AA SLM Apud assum sibi legavit monumentum Apud…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 16 of Page View ABBREVIATION C C Carissima conjugi calumnia causa consilium cepit C CF Caius Caii filius C B Commune boenum CD Comitialibus diebus C H Custos hortorum vel haeredum CI1C Caius Julius Cesar CC…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 17 of Page View ABBREVIATION EXADVKDECAD PRIDKIAN Ex ante diem quinto Kalendas Decem bris ad pridià Kalendas Januarii EX HSXPFI Ex sestertiis decem parvis fit jussit EX HS GIHN Ex sestertiis mille num mim EX HSw…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 18 of Page View ABBREVIATION HMADHNT Hoc monumentum ad heeredes non transit HM EXT N REC Hoc monumentum exteras non recipit H MP Hoc monumentum posuit vel hic memorize posuit H O Hostis occisus HOM Homo…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 19 of Page View ABBREVIATION L AN Lucius Annius vel quinquaginta annis L AP Ludi Apollinares LAT PVIIL ES Latum pedes octo et semis L DIV Locus divinus I ADQ Locus adquisitus LDDD Locus datus decreto…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 20 of Page View ABBREVIATION 0 Officium optimus olla omnis optio ordo ossa ostendit ec OB Obiit Obriacum vel Obreziacum orbem obitur OB CS Ob cives servatos OB M E Ob merita ejus OBMEPEC Ob menta…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 21 of Page View ABBREVIATION R Roma Romanus rex reges Regulus rationalis Ravenmze recta recto re quietorium retro rostra rudera c RC Rescriptum R C Romana civitas RD Regis domus REF C Reficiendum curavit REG Regio…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 22 of Page View ABB VET LEG 8S Veteranus legionis secun dee VIC Victores victor vel victoria VI V Sextumvir VII V Septemvir VIII VIR Octumvir VII VIR EPVLO Septemvir Epulo num VIX AFFC Vixit annos…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 23 of Page View ABU the reign of Hadrian In the Royal Li brary at Paris there are several specimens of Abraxas as well as in many private and public collections in England MAcaARiuUs and CarrLET…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 24 of Page View EL W ARE As 22 ort Stone ACADEMY tive it is impossible to execute either an historical subject or even a landscape with any certain degree of truth In an aca demy…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 25 of Page View pe ACADEMY title of â The Society of St Luke founded at Florence 1350â This society was greatly encouraged by the government and taken under the espe cial patronage and protection of…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 26 of Page View Un ACA preparatory to the greater academies of ARTS Upon the utility of academies or gratui tous schools for instruction in the arts the best works are as follows â Sur I…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 27 of Page View Bl ote roe am ACC the figures which act are the principal ob jects they give the idea of the action which the painter figures to himself the rest are accessories The…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 28 of Page View ACO or on medals wherein the people are re presented as expressing their joy in the posture of acclamation which was an ho nour held in high esteem by the Romans and…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 29 of Page View ADI would have dwindled to a common stag hunt Titian has conformed to this just idea in his picture of Actmon which was in the celebrated Orleans gallery Action actio Lat action…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 30 of Page View AEG and terror naturally enough added to the gis of Jupiter force terror discord and alarms and to add more honour to the arms of this most powerful of the gods he…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 31 of Page View TS 2 ES Egyptian hieroglyphics Vide Hiero6LY PHICS Erarivm Lat In architecture and in Roman antiquities the treasury or place where the public money was deposited when it contained that only of…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 32 of Page View Sorglld aved n 108 aha AFT Antonines Various basso rilievos which decorated the Atos of several temples are described and delineated in the eighty eighth plate of the fourth volume of the…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 33 of Page View AIR racterizes its whole duration In the his tory of the FINE Arts some celebrated men patrons of art and literature have had the ages in which they lived desig nated by…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 34 of Page View 3 bh gl Sop JERIAL ney oe the MusÃe des Arts at Paris ALA taiout is particularly celebrated not only for its whiteness but for the size of its blocks which are…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 35 of Page View A Pai ALH word was derived by the Spanish archi tects from the Arabic word Elkauf which bears the same meaning The ancient architects often made their alcoves in the form of…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 36 of Page View ALH rounding buildings and scenery while the whole of the Arabian edifices are in a state of surprising preservation when we con sider who have been its masters and the singular vicissitudes…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 37 of Page View ALLEGORY its source is unknown and thus also on the base of the statue of Nilus little genii are represented throwing a veil over his urn and at the same time being…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 38 of Page View ALT works extant on the subject are the admi rable treatises on allegory by WINCKLE MAN the article ALLEGORY in the Dic tionary of WATELET the Dictionnaire des Beaux Arts de SuLzer…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 39 of Page View A ee i ALT it the cognomen of B7odiog In process of time they were formed of brick and stone such was the material of the famous altar at Delos They were…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826
  • Image 40 of Page View AMAZONS Mzeotis A nation or colony of them is said to have established themselves near the river Thermodon in Cappadocia and afterwards to have extended their settle ments along the Euxine as…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elmes, James
    • Date: 1826

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Title

  • A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the fine arts; and every useful topic connected therewith

Names

  • Elmes, James, 1782-1862
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, T. Tegg; [etc., etc.] 1826.

Headings

  • -  Art--Dictionaries
  • -  Art--Bibliography
  • -  Art--History

Notes

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  • -  LAC ddw 2022-07-06 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 p. l., [vii]-viii, [760] p. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • N33 .E48
  • N33 .E48 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection. Has armorial book-plate of H. C. Levis.

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  • 08025759

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Elmes, James, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the fine arts; and every useful topic connected therewith. [London, T. Tegg; etc., et, 1826] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08025759/.

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Elmes, J., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1826) A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the fine arts; and every useful topic connected therewith. [London, T. Tegg; etc., et] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08025759/.

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Elmes, James, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the fine arts; and every useful topic connected therewith. [London, T. Tegg; etc., et, 1826] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/08025759/>.