FINE ARTS, ANTIQUITIES, &c. BOUILLON (P). Musée des Antiques, dessiné et gravé, par P. "The three volumes of which this work is composed, contain all the ancient sculpture which enriches the galleries of the Louvre. This immense and magnificent collection, designed and engraved by the same artist, is worthy of the highest praise; and deserving the most distinguished success.”—Revue Ency. vol. 32, p. 787. DEPERTHE (J. B.) Histoire de l'Art du Paysage, depuis la renaissance des Beaux-Arts, jusq'au dix-huitième siècle, &c. Paris, 1822, 1 vol. 8vo. "Not only a profound knowledge of the subject prevails through this new work of M. Deperthes; but it is also distinguished for the able judgments pronounced on the merits of the various artists, past in review." Revue Ency. vol. 19, p. 196. -Théorie du Paysage, ou considérations générales, sur les beautés de la nature, que l'art peut imiter, &c. Paris, 1818, 1 vol. 8vo. "The theory of landscape is very elegantly written, in a picturesque and varied style, so as to correspond with the subjects treated. The work has been long expected and desired by Artists, who felt the want of a complete treatise on the subject. Fifty copies of the work have been purchased by the Minister of the Interior, for the use of the Royal Colleges."Revue Ency. vol. 8, p. 94-101. DROZ (Joseph). Etudes sur le Beau dans les Arts. Paris, 1826, 1 vol. 8vo. "An acute moralist, he (the author) displays, in the exercise of his judgment, as great penetration as justice ;` an elegant writer, he unites the graces of style with depth of reasoning; a subject, purely metaphysical, in his hands, presents nothing obscure, complex, or superfluous."-Revue Ency. vol. 34, p. 653. DUMERSAN (M.) Notice des Monumens, exposés dans le Cabinet des Antiques de la Bibliothèque du Roi, suivie d'une description des objets les plus curieux, que renferme cet établissement, &c. Nouvelle édition. Paris, 1824, 1 vol. 8vo. 66 They who wish to visit the Bibliothèque du Roi will do well to take this volume as a guide to its collections. It contains many interesting remarks on the subjects of history and the arts. The variety of the objects described, forms of itself a subject of useful comparison; these objects, among others, consist of the Egyptian papyrus, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman inscriptions, medallions, bas-reliefs, busts, vases, marbles, &c."-Revue Ency. vol. 22, p. 212. GALERIE ANTIQUE. Galerie antique, ou Collection des Chefsd'œuvres d'Architecture, de Sculpture, et de Peinture antiques. Paris, 12 parts in 1 vol. folio, This work is particularly designed for the use of architects, painters, sculptors, and the amateurs of antiquity and the fine arts. It was proposed, in forming it, to offer them a choice collection of the most pure and elegant productions of the best ages of Greece, and to save them the great expense attending the acquisition of those high-priced works which relate to the arts of Greece. The 12 livraisons published form one volume. The importance of the monuments which it contains, viz. the Pantheon, the Propylae, the Erechteum, the Temples of Minerva-Polias, and of Pandrosa, the Choragic Monuments of Thrasillas and Lysicrates, aPlan of the Acropolis, the Tower of the Winds, and the Portico of Augustus; all types of Grecian architecture, give it a peculiar value. It may be said to comprise in itself a complete course of the science, in which the three Grecian orders, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, are illustrated by the richest and most beautiful specimens. GALERIE FRANÇAISE. Galerie française, ou collection de portraits des hommes et des femmes célèbres, qui ont illustré la France, dans les seizième, dix-septième et dix-huitième siècle, accompagné de notices biographiques, sur chacun d'eux; par une Société d'Hommes de Lettres, et d'Artistes. Paris, 1821. "This is a noble undertaking, and redounds to the glory and honor of the French Nation. Among the contributors may be named MM. Andrieux, Denon and Fourier of the Institute. Droz, Forbin, Gautherot, Lémontey, Leseur, Mathieu Dumas, Miel, Muriel, Pickerand, de Segur, and Villemain. A strict fidelity distinguishes the Portraits already published; and the Literary Notices rival the efforts of the Artists, in rigorous truth and precision.”—Revue Ency. vol. 11, p. 184. GÉBÉLIN (Court de.) Monde primitif, analysé et comparé avec le monde moderne, ou recherches sur les antiquités du monde. 4to. with plates. Paris, 1773-82, 9 vols. "It is not without reason that the French rank this work among those which have done the greatest honour to their nation. A great French critic (D'Alembert) thought the undertaking sufficient to require the united talents of the "Academy of Forty," and would scarcely believe that one man could have encompassed so great a variety of objects with such wonderful success."-Dictionnaire historique. As the title does not sufficiently convey an idea of the nature of the work, we annex the contents of each volume:-1, Allégories Orientales. 2, Grammaire universelle. 3, Origine du langage et de l'Ecriture. 4. Histoire civile, religieuse et allégorique du Calendrier. 5, Dictionnaire étymologique Français-Celle. 6 and 7, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Latine. 8, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Grecque. 9, Dissertations mėlées (de l'histoire orientale; des symboles, des armoiries, et du blason des Anciens; des noms de familles; des jeux; des langues d'Amérique, &c.) LANDON (C.) Annales du Musée et de l'Ecole moderne des beaux-arts. Recueil de gravures au trait, d'après les principaux ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, &c. du Musée. Paris, 1801-1810, 7 vols. 8vo. Each volume of this interesting work contains 72 engravings, 150 pages of text, and an engraved title. To this first collection should be added Paysage et Tableaux de genre. Paris 1805, 4 vols. 8vo. since which have also appeared, Annales du Musée, seconde collection, partie ancienne, Paris 1810-14, 5 vols. 8vo. y compris la Galerie Giustiniani. Salon de 1808, 2 vols. 8vo. &c. &c. the whole composing 48 vols. 8vo. 1801-24. Galerie historique des Hommes les plus célèbres de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations, contenant leurs portraits, gravés au trait, avec un abrégé de leurs vies, &c. Paris, 1805, 13 vols. 12mo. The historic gallery possesses the principal advantages of an historical dictionary, without its inconveniences. These dictionaries are in general either too voluminous, containing a multitude of persons, whose history we care very little about; or too concise, consisting only of a collection of meagre articles, by far too numerous, and frequently containing nothing more than dates or titles. The Historie Gallery, on the contrary, is |