ANECDOTES
OF
PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS
Sculptors and Architects,
AND
CURIOSITIES OF ART.
BY
S. SPOONER, M. D.,
AUTHOR OF "A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS."
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
NEW YORK:
R. WORTHINGTON, Publisher,
770 Broadway.
COPYRIGHT, S. SPOONER, 1853.
Reëntered, G. B., 1880.
CONTENTS.
| Egyptian Art, | 1 |
| Ancient Thebes, | 2 |
| The Temple of Carnac, | 5 |
| Temple of Luxor, | 5 |
| The Statues of Memnon, | 6 |
| Heliopolis, | 7 |
| Memphis, | 8 |
| Lake Moeris, | 9 |
| The Colossal Sphinx, | 10 |
| The Labyrinth of Egypt, | 11 |
| The Catacombs of Egypt, | 12 |
| The Pyramids of Egypt, | 19 |
| Perilous Ascent of the Pyramid of Cephren, | 27 |
| Egyptian Obelisks, | 30 |
| Removal of an Obelisk by Fontana, | 33 |
| Removal of an Obelisk from Thebes to Paris, | 40 |
| Carburi's Base for the Equestrian Statue of Peter the Great, | 42 |
| Comparative Skill of the Ancients and Moderns in Mechanics, | 45 |
| The Britannia Tubular Railway Bridge, | 46 |
| The Tubes, | 47 |
| Construction of the Tubes, | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |