Chapter VI: Subject in Painting.—Art for the 139

artist—The voice of the public in the work of
art—The old masters working for the
Church—Various views of art held by
artists—Partisan views and their
advocates—Extravagant views in literature—Mr.
Whistler on painting—Advocates of the decorative
only—The meaning of pictures again—The subject
cannot be omitted—Mr. Whistler’s
marines—“Patriotism” in painting—Velasquez,
Rembrandt, Frans Hals all show it—All painting
must illustrate something—Historical
painting—Whistler and Monet illustrating the
social history of their time—The illustrative
quality of Italian art—Whistler’s “White Girl”
_vs._ Palma Vecchio’s “Santa Barbara”—The Dutch
as subject painters—The historical landscapes of
Claude and Turner—The story in painting—Titian’s
“Sacred and Profane Love” once more—The silly
incident and the degradation of painting—How the
old masters worked upon given subjects—The
subject in the “Sistine Madonna”—The subject in
painting to be treated
illustratively—Catholicity of
taste—Education—Many elements united in “great
art”—Conclusion

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PALMA VECCHIO, ST. BARBARA _Frontispiece_
(DETAIL).

PAGE

I. HOLBEIN, PORTRAIT OF A MAN, 8

II. BENOZZO GOZZOLI, ADORATION OF KINGS 12
(DETAIL),

III. VAN DYCK, CORNELIUS VAN DER GEEST, 16

IV. MILLET, THE GLEANERS, 20

V. PAOLO VERONESE, MARRIAGE IN CANA, 24

VI. CARPACCIO, ST. URSULA AND PRINCE OF 28
ENGLAND (DETAIL),

VII. BELLINI, MADONNA AND SAINTS, 36

VIII. CORREGGIO, MYSTIC MARRIAGE OF ST. 40
CATHERINE,

IX. COROT, LANDSCAPE, 48

X. DÜRER, CHRIST ON THE CROSS, 56

XI. TURNER, THE FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE, 64

XII. ANTONELLO DA MESSINA, PORTRAIT OF A 70
MAN,

XIII. VELASQUEZ, INNOCENT X., 74

XIV. PAOLO VERONESE, VENICE ENTHRONED, 80

XV. TINTORETTO, MIRACLE OF THE SLAVE, 84

XVI. DAUBIGNY, SPRING, 88

XVII. BENOZZO GOZZOLI, ADORATION OF KINGS 92
(DETAIL),

XVIII. VAN DYCK, JEAN GRUSSET RICHARDOT, 96

XIX. GAINSBOROUGH, MRS. SIDDONS, 100

XX. GÉRÔME, NAPOLEON BEFORE THE SPHINX, 104

XXI. MICHAEL ANGELO, DELPHIC SIBYL, 108

XXII. HALS, THE JOLLY MAN, 116

XXIII. BONIFAZIO VERONESE, MOSES SAVED 120
FROM THE NILE,

XXIV. GIORGIONE, MADONNA AND SAINTS, 128

XXV. REYNOLDS, LADY COCKBURN AND FAMILY, 132

XXVI. CLAUDE LORRAINE, FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, 136

XXVII. TINTORETTO, MARRIAGE IN CANA, 140

XXVIII. RAPHAEL, SISTINE MADONNA, 148

XXIX. BOTTICELLI, ALLEGORY OF SPRING, 152

XXX. POUSSIN, SHEPHERDS IN ARCADIA, 156

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THE MEANING OF PICTURES