SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART. BY LORD LINDSAY. OXFORD VOLUME I. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1847. ADVERTISEMENT. THE three volumes now published comprise a portion only of my projected work on Christian Art; I publish them separately in consequence of the interest newly awakened in the subject, and in the hope that, however imperfect, they may be found useful both to artists and amateurs at the present moment. I had intended prefixing a General Introduction, but, after much consideration, have postponed it till the work shall be concluded, under the conviction that this will be to the ultimate advantage of all parties. I feel the less scruple in thus postponing it, inasmuch as the reader will find a series of Memoranda respecting the Ideal, the Character and Dignity of Christian Art, and the Symbolism and Mythology of Christianity, preliminary to the work itself, and also a General Classification of Schools and Artists in accordance with the principle on which the work is based,-and these may to a cer |