Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... Florence , in that of Settimo , and the others . All these buildings , as well as the vestiges of those that are ruined , bear testimony to the fact , that architecture still maintained itself in life , though grievously degenerated and ...
... Florence , in that of Settimo , and the others . All these buildings , as well as the vestiges of those that are ruined , bear testimony to the fact , that architecture still maintained itself in life , though grievously degenerated and ...
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... Florence , between the doors which lead to the sacristy and the convent . In the church of Santo Spirito , also , in the same city , the entire wall of the cloister on the side towards the church is covered with these works . They are ...
... Florence , between the doors which lead to the sacristy and the convent . In the church of Santo Spirito , also , in the same city , the entire wall of the cloister on the side towards the church is covered with these works . They are ...
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... FLORENCE . [ 1240. - 1302 . ] THE overwhelming flood of evils by which unhappy Italy had been submerged and devastated , had not only destroyed whatever could properly be called buildings , but , a still more deplorable consequence ...
... FLORENCE . [ 1240. - 1302 . ] THE overwhelming flood of evils by which unhappy Italy had been submerged and devastated , had not only destroyed whatever could properly be called buildings , but , a still more deplorable consequence ...
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... Florence , from the pictures which he painted there , as , for example , the front of the altar of Santa Cecilia , * and a picture of the Virgin , in Santa Croce , which was , and is still , attached to one of the pilasters on the right ...
... Florence , from the pictures which he painted there , as , for example , the front of the altar of Santa Cecilia , * and a picture of the Virgin , in Santa Croce , which was , and is still , attached to one of the pilasters on the right ...
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... Florence , for the monks of Vallombrosa , he made great efforts to justify the high opinion already formed of him , and evinced improved powers of inven- tion in that work , and displayed a fine manner in the atti- tudes of the Virgin ...
... Florence , for the monks of Vallombrosa , he made great efforts to justify the high opinion already formed of him , and evinced improved powers of inven- tion in that work , and displayed a fine manner in the atti- tudes of the Virgin ...
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