There is nothing obscure in our frontispiece picture of 'Red
Ridinghood.' It sets before us a child's version and vision of a child's
fable that is imperishable, and as such makes an immediate appeal to
the eye. She is not acting a part or posing as a princess, but is simply
a cowering little girl, frightened at the wolf and eager to protect
her basket. In her freshness and simplicity, a cottage maiden with
anxious blue eyes, most innocent and childish of children, she need
not shun proximity to Richard II., Edward VI., William of Orange, Don
Balthazar Carlos, and the Duke of Gloucester.
And thus we conclude our procession of royal children with a child
of the people. Beginning with Richard II., a portrait of a king rather
than a child, we end with a picture in which childhood merely, without
the gift of distinction or the glamour of royalty, suffices to charm
a great painter's eye and inspire his thought. With the sweetness and
grace of modern childhood filling our eyes, may we not well close this
children's book?
'Adoration of the Lamb,'
Adoration of the Magi, treatment of,
'Age of Innocence,'
Alice in Wonderland
,
'All-pervading,' the,
Animals, painting of,
Antonello of Messina,
Art, definition of,
Atmosphere,
treatment of by Dutch School,
,
by Holbein,
by Velasquez,
Beauneveu, André, of Valenciennes,
Bellini, Giovanni,
,
Black Death, influence of,
Botticelli,
,
influence of, on Burne-Jones,
Brett's 'Val d'Aosta,'
Burne-Jones,
Byzantium, influence of,
Turkish conquest of,
'Chaos,'
Charles I. employs Rubens,
employs Van Dyck,
painted by Velasquez,
Charles II.,
Charles V., King of France,
Charles V., Emperor,
Chillon, Castle of,
Churches, medieval grandeur of,
Cimabue, Vasari's account of,
picture in National Gallery,
picture in Santa Maria Novella,
training of Giotto,
Civilization, definition of,
Claude Lorraine,
Constable,
Correggio,
Crome, Old,
Cuyp,
,
'Dido building Carthage,'
Don Balthazar Carlos,
,
Douglas, Lady Alfred,
Dragons, fear of,
Duke of Gloucester,
Dürer,
compared with Holbein,
Dutch expansion in the seventeenth century,
'Dweller in the Innermost,'
Edward the Confessor, story of,
Edward Prince of Wales,
Eighteenth century, artificiality of,
Erasmus,
portrait of,
Etching, process of,
Fighting
Temeraire
,
Francis of Assisi, life of,
,
Franciscans, foundation of the order of,
'Fresco' painting,
Gainsborough,
Garden of Eden,
Giorgione,
,
Giotto,
,
,
,
'Golden Age,'
,
Goldsmith,
Greeks, influence of,
,
Henrietta Maria,
Henry VIII.,
employs Holbein,
portrait of,
Hobbema,
,
Hogarth,
Holbein,
,
,
'Erasmus' in collection of Charles I.,
Holman Hunt,
,
Horne, Herbert P.,
Hubert van Eyck,
,
Hulin, Dr.,
Il Penseroso,
Impressionism, beginning of,
Infanta Marguerita,
James II.,
Jerusalem Chamber,
view of, taken in 1486,
Joachim, portrait of,
John, Duke of Berry,
,
,
John, King of France,
John van Eyck,
compared with Dürer,
Josse Vyt,
Julius II., Pope,
'Knight's Dream,'
,
L'Allegro,
Landscape painting, beginning of,
Lely, Sir Peter,
Leonardo da Vinci,
,
,
compared with Dürer,
'Les Meninas,'
Liber Studiorum,
Louis, Duke of Anjou,
Luini, Bernardino,
