Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... Rome , in the year 1759 , embellished with portraits , and enriched with elaborate annotations by the learned ecclesiastic , Giovanni Bottari . The sixth edition , published at Siena , was superin- tended by the Padre Della Valle , whom ...
... Rome , in the year 1759 , embellished with portraits , and enriched with elaborate annotations by the learned ecclesiastic , Giovanni Bottari . The sixth edition , published at Siena , was superin- tended by the Padre Della Valle , whom ...
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... Rome be adorned by so many and such excellent artists , that , counting with them those of Florence , daily called into activity by your Excellency , we may hope that they who shall come after us will have to write a fourth part to my ...
... Rome be adorned by so many and such excellent artists , that , counting with them those of Florence , daily called into activity by your Excellency , we may hope that they who shall come after us will have to write a fourth part to my ...
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... Rome - The invasion of the Roman Empire by Bar- barians reduces the Arts of Design to ruin - The Arts suffered injury , from the indiscreet zeal of the early Christians - Still heavier injuries inflicted by the Emperor Constans II , and ...
... Rome - The invasion of the Roman Empire by Bar- barians reduces the Arts of Design to ruin - The Arts suffered injury , from the indiscreet zeal of the early Christians - Still heavier injuries inflicted by the Emperor Constans II , and ...
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... Rome to adorn the triumph of Paulus Emliius , was retained by that commander to instruct his sons in philosophy . We find , then , that the art of sculpture was zealously cul- tivated by the Greeks , among whom many excellent artists ...
... Rome to adorn the triumph of Paulus Emliius , was retained by that commander to instruct his sons in philosophy . We find , then , that the art of sculpture was zealously cul- tivated by the Greeks , among whom many excellent artists ...
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... Rome . And in course of time , when Rome , having well - nigh despoiled the whole world , had assembled the artists themselves , as well as their works , within her own walls , she was by this means rendered supereminently beautiful ...
... Rome . And in course of time , when Rome , having well - nigh despoiled the whole world , had assembled the artists themselves , as well as their works , within her own walls , she was by this means rendered supereminently beautiful ...
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