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001 $ 13/1219
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20220408122825.6
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Parry, Thomas Gambier
245 1 4 $a The ministry of fine art to the happiness of life : essays on various arts
250 # # $a 1st edition
260 # # $a London $b John Murray, Albermarle Street $c 1886
300 # # $a [2], viii, 368, 24 p. ; $c 23 cm.
500 # # $a With errata and an additional errata slip, inserted. - With a 24-page list of works published by John Murray at back.
500 # # $a Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
505 0 # $a Essay I. The purpose and practice of fine art -- Essay II. The ministry of fine art to common life -- Essay III. The ministry of fine art to spiritual life -- Essay IV. Fine art in archaeology -- Essay V. The ministry of colour to sculpture and architecture. Part I. Colour and sculpture. Part II. Architectural wall painting -- Essay VI. A sketch of the history of mosaic. Part I. Ancient. Part II. Christian -- Essay VII. The art and the artists of glass painting, ancient and medieval -- Essay VIII. The adornment of sacred buildings. Part I. Purpose: early Christian examples; portraiture of Christ; Crucifixion. Part II. Emblematic figures; style; motive -- Essay IX. The builders and buildings of the Abbey of St. Peter at Gloucester, now the Cathedral -- Appendix. The method of spirit fresco painting
561 # # $a Purchased for RA Library 1887. Catalogue of books added to the Library of the Royal Academy of Arts between 1877 and 1900.
563 # # $a Red cloth bound with gold tooling on front cover. Spine title in gold lettering THE MINISTRY OF FINE ART / GAMBIER PARRY / RA / LONDON JOHN MURRAY
653 # # $a Christian art and symbolism
653 # # $a Fresco Painting - Techniques
710 2 # $a John Murray (London) $e printer/publisher
710 2 # $a R. and R. Clark (Edinburgh) $e printer