Art, Music & Architecture

Painters and their masterpieces, sculptors, composers, cathedrals and the ministry of art.

112 curiosities

A CathedralVol. III
A Lost Art Re-DiscoveredVol. II
A Marble Statue with EyelashesVol. II
A National MemorialVol. III
A Non-Sectarian Chapel in a Roman CathedralVol. III
A Picture Stolen by Order of a KingVol. II
A Statue Six Thousand Years OldVol. I
Albrecht Durer and the Emperor MaximilianVol. III
An American Artist KnightedVol. III
Arundelian MarblesVol. I
Barbizon School of PaintersVol. III
"Beatrice Cenci."Vol. II
Caryatides or Carya'TisVol. II
Cathedral of St. IsaacVol. I
Christ Leaving the PraetoriumVol. II
Early MadonnasVol. I
First Picture in the WorldVol. I
Genre PicturesVol. I
House of Michael AngeloVol. III
Inventor of English Water-Color PaintingVol. III
Japanese Kermaic ArtVol. III
Judith and Holofernes (allori, 1577-1621)Vol. III
Kit-Cat PicturesVol. I
"La Pieta."Vol. I
"Meyer Madonna."Vol. II
Michael Angelo'S MasterpiecesVol. I
Michael Angelo'S VowVol. I
MomusVol. I
Neptune'S StaircaseVol. II
"Of All the Fairest Cities of the Earth, None is So Fair as Florence."—RogersVol. III
OratorioVol. I
PasquinadesVol. I
"Perfection No Trifle."Vol. I
Peter Paul RubensVol. I
Pliny'S DovesVol. I
Plot of the Opera "Lohengrin."Vol. I
Portrait of Dante (1265-1321)Vol. III
Portrait Statue of AugustusVol. II
Present Characters Used in MusicVol. II
PsycheVol. I
"Raphael'S Hours."Vol. II
Raphael'S SposalizioVol. III
Rembrandt and "the Night Watch."Vol. III
Roman SculptureVol. I
Round as Giotto'S OVol. III
Seven LampsVol. I
"Snow-Bound" (whittier)Vol. I
Statue of BavariaVol. III
Statue of St. BrunoVol. I
The Art of ArtsVol. I
The Assumption of the VirginVol. II
"The Aurora."Vol. II
The Bayeux TapestryVol. I
The "Bride" of Michael AngeloVol. III
The Calydonian HuntVol. III
The Campo SantoVol. II
The Cartoons of RaphaelVol. II
The Cathedral of PisaVol. II
The Cathedral of SevilleVol. III
The Costliest Picture in the WorldVol. I
The CrescentVol. I
"The Curtain is the Picture"Vol. I
The Defregger MadonnaVol. II
"The Dream of Pilate'S Wife."Vol. II
The EarthVol. I
The Eiffel TowerVol. II
The Elgin MarblesVol. I
The Episode of the Vega of GrenadaVol. III
The Farnese Bull and the Farnese HerculesVol. I
The Five Statues of the TribuneVol. III
The Gates of ParadiseVol. I
The German Pre-RaphaelitesVol. III
The Hermitage, St. PetersburgVol. III
The Highest Monument in the WorldVol. I
The Hogarth of Spanish PaintersVol. III
The Image of NabisVol. I
The IncasVol. I
"The Jewel of the Hague."Vol. III
The KremlinVol. I
The Largest Statue in the WorldVol. I
The Lion of LucerneVol. I
The Lost ArtsVol. II
"The Madonna Di Foligno."Vol. II
The "Madonna Di San Sisto."Vol. I
The Ministry of ArtVol. III
The Mona LisaVol. I
The Monarch of the RenaissanceVol. III
The Moscow CathedralVol. I
The Most Northern CathedralVol. III
The Oldest ArtVol. I
The Parthenon, or "House of the Virgin."Vol. III
The PianoforteVol. III
"The Plutarch of Painters."Vol. III
"The Poet Painter."Vol. III
The Posthumous TrialVol. II
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of EnglandVol. III
The PythagoreansVol. III
The "Reading Magdalen."Vol. II
The Rope of OcnusVol. I
The Satirical PainterVol. III
The Saucy CastleVol. III
The Seated Statue of St. PeterVol. II
The Second Great Picture of the WorldVol. I
The Supreme Picture of the WorldVol. III
The Tartans of Scottish ClansVol. III
The Third Picture of the WorldVol. I
The Trial of RatsVol. I
The Vision of St. Anthony of PaduaVol. III
Tintoretto'S Famous PicturesVol. I
Tom Thumb and HaydonVol. I
Trio of Modern GreeksVol. I
What is the Plot of the Opera "la Traviata"? ("the Lost One")Vol. I