With errata and an additional errata slip, inserted. - With a 24-page list of works published by John Murray at back.
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
Contents
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
Provenance
Purchased for RA Library 1887. Catalogue of books added to the Library of the Royal Academy of Arts between 1877 and 1900.
Binding Note
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
Subject
Christian art and symbolism
Fresco Painting - Techniques