Chapter VII

How one is to recognize if a Building have good Proportions, and of what Members it should generally be composed, 95

§ 34. _The Principles of Planning and Design_ (95). § 35. _An
Ideal Palace_ (96).

NOTES ON ‘INTRODUCTION’ TO ARCHITECTURE, 99

PORPHYRY AND PORPHYRY QUARRIES, 101

THE SASSI, DELLA VALLE, AND OTHER COLLECTIONS OF ANTIQUES OF THE
EARLY PART OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, 102

THE PORPHYRY TAZZA OF THE SALA ROTONDA OF THE VATICAN, 108

FRANCESCO DEL TADDA, AND THE REVIVAL OF SCULPTURE IN PORPHYRY, 110

THE CORTILE OF THE BELVEDERE IN THE VATICAN, IN THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY, 115

PARAGON (TOUCHSTONE) AND OTHER STONES ASSOCIATED WITH IT BY
VASARI, 117

TUSCAN MARBLE QUARRIES, 119

THE ROUND TEMPLE ON THE PIAZZA S. LUIGI DEI FRANCESI, AND
‘MAESTRO GIAN,’ 128

RUSTICATED MASONRY, 132

VASARI’S OPINION ON MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE, 133

EGG-SHELL MOSAIC, 136

IDEAL ARCHITECTURE; AN IDEAL PALACE, 138

OF SCULPTURE, 141

CHAPTER I. (VIII.)

What Sculpture is; how good works of Sculpture are made, and what qualities they must possess to be esteemed perfect, 143

§ 36. _The Nature of Sculpture_ (143). § 37. _Qualities necessary for Work in the Round_ (143). § 38. _Works of Sculpture should be treated with a view to their destined position_ (145). § 39. _The Proportions of the Human Figure_ (146). § 40. _Artists must depend on their Judgement rather than on the Measuring Rule_ (146).

CHAPTER II. (IX.)

Of the manner of making Models in Wax and in Clay; how they are draped, and how they are afterwards enlarged in proportion in the Marble; how Marbles are worked with the point and the toothed tool, and are rubbed with pumice stone and polished till they are perfect, 148

§ 41. _The small Sketch-Model in Wax or Clay_ (148). § 42. _The Preparation of Wax_ (148). § 43. _Polychrome Wax Effigies_ (149). § 44. _The Manipulation of Wax over an Armature_ (149). § 45. _The Small Model in Clay_ (149). § 46. _The Full-sized Model in Clay_ (150). § 47. _Drapery on the Clay Model_ (150). § 48. _Transference of the Full-sized Model to the Marble Block_ (151). § 49. _Danger of dispensing with the Full-sized Model_ (151). § 50. _The Tools and Materials used in Marble Carving_ (152).

CHAPTER III. (X.)

Of Low and Half Reliefs, the difficulty of making them and how to bring them to perfection, 154

§ 51. _The Origin of Reliefs_ (154). § 52. _Pictorial or Perspective Reliefs_ (154). § 53. _Low Reliefs (Bassi Rilievi)_ (156). § 54. _Flat Reliefs (Stiacciati Rilievi)_ (156).