PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I. THE COMMISSION: A SKEPTIC PAINTS A RELIGIOUS MURAL
II. THE EVOLUTION OF THE MURALS
A. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SKETCHES
1. The Sketches for the St. Michael
2. The Sketches for the Jacob
3 . The Sketches for the Heliodorus
B. THE DAY-TO-DAY DEVELOPMENT OF THE MURALS
III. THE MURALS
A. THE SUBJECTS
1. The Tradition of the Subjects
2. Biblical Authenticity, Exoticism and Romantic Realism
B. COMPOSITION AND COLOR
1. Composition
a. Gesture and Line
b. Scale and Viewpoint
c. Light and Shadow
2. Color
a. The Relation of Color to Composition
b . The Relation of Color to Luminosity and Brush Stroke
IV. THE CRITICISM OF THE MURALS
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX I . COMMISSIONS FOR THE DECORATION OF PARISIANCHURCHES, 1840-1860
APPENDIX II. RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY
APPENDIX III. EXCERPTS FROM THE CRITICISM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPORTANT SOURCES
INDEX OF NAMES
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