C.

Caricatures, i. 331, ii. 295, iii. 285, iv. 242, v. 115.

Chambers of Raffaello, of Pietro da Cortona, &c. _See their names._

Characters of the Italian schools. _See the first or second epoch of each._

Cherubs, boys, genii, by whom well drawn, i. 190, ii. 92, 299, iii. 140, 141, iv. 105, 164, v. 54, 130, 134, 189, 312, 403.

Chiaroscuro. Improved at Florence, i. 73. Brought to perfection in the time of Vinci and of Giorgione, iii. 101, iv. 240. What in Caravaggio, ii. 200. What in Guercino, v. 164.

Chiariscuri, preparations for colouring them, i. 192, ii. 318.

---- of Pietre Commesse, or mosaic, i. 428.

Colouring of the Venetians, iii. 91, 246. Of Raffaello and of the other painters. _See their names._ Altered, ii. 442, iii. 301, v. 220.

Column of Trajan designed, ii. 148. Studied by Giulio Campi, iv. 171. By Cortona, i. 336.

Composition. Crowded in the early times, i. 99. Maxim of Poussin, ii. 237. Of the Caracci, v. 106. Of Cortona, i. 341. Of the Venetians, iii. 71. Of Titian, iii. 115.

Copies. Retouched by the masters, i. 206, 293, ii. 103, 104, iii. 150, v. 133, and elsewhere. Excellent copies, i. 15, iii. 155, 205, 289, v. 149, 169, 386. Rules to distinguish copies from originals, pref. xxviii. Copies of excellent pictures made in Italy, and transferred into foreign royal collections. _See_ Bonavita Bianchi.

Costume. Neglected by many Venetian painters, iii. 349. It is often treated of in the characters of the schools and of artists.

Counsel of learned men listened to by the best painters. By Vinci, iv. 224, 239. By Raffaello, ii. 66. By Poussin, ii. 239. By Coreggio, iv. 97. By Titian, v. 301. By Annibal Caracci, v. 117, 118. By the old Ferrarese, v. 281. By Castello, v. 386.

Crystals. Well represented, ii. 334. Paintings in them, i. 228.

Cupolas. _See_ Gaudenzio Ferrari, Coreggio, Zuccari, Reni, Zampieri, Lanfranco, Cignani, De Matteis.