Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... Siena , was superin- tended by the Padre Della Valle , whom Cicognara accuses of having " rendered Vasari more voluminous , with no better result than an increase of bulk , coupled with a decrease of value " . * The many original docu ...
... Siena , was superin- tended by the Padre Della Valle , whom Cicognara accuses of having " rendered Vasari more voluminous , with no better result than an increase of bulk , coupled with a decrease of value " . * The many original docu ...
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... SIENA , HIS MOST HONOURED LORD . SEVENTEEN years have now elapsed since I presented to your most illustrious Excellency the then but roughly sketched Lives of the most renowned Painters , Sculptors , and Architects ; and now they once ...
... SIENA , HIS MOST HONOURED LORD . SEVENTEEN years have now elapsed since I presented to your most illustrious Excellency the then but roughly sketched Lives of the most renowned Painters , Sculptors , and Architects ; and now they once ...
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... Siena , and is in his picture of the Church Militant and Triumphant . This por- trait is in profile , the face meagre , the beard short , reddish , and pointed ; the head enveloped in a hood , after the manner of that day , which is ...
... Siena , and is in his picture of the Church Militant and Triumphant . This por- trait is in profile , the face meagre , the beard short , reddish , and pointed ; the head enveloped in a hood , after the manner of that day , which is ...
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... Siena , and represents the exterior , together with the cupola . From this painting , it is obvious that Arnolfo had proposed to raise the dome immediately over the piers and above the first cornice , at that point , namely , where ...
... Siena , and represents the exterior , together with the cupola . From this painting , it is obvious that Arnolfo had proposed to raise the dome immediately over the piers and above the first cornice , at that point , namely , where ...
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... Siena was laid , and drew the plan of the church of San Giovanni in the same city . Having then returned to Flo- rence , in the same year that the Guelfs recovered the city , he there designed the church of the Holy Trinity , with the ...
... Siena was laid , and drew the plan of the church of San Giovanni in the same city . Having then returned to Flo- rence , in the same year that the Guelfs recovered the city , he there designed the church of the Holy Trinity , with the ...
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admirably adorned afterwards Agnolo Agostino Andrea Andrea Pisano Andrea Tafi angels Antonio arches architect Arezzo Arnolfo artist Baldinucci beautiful beneath bishop braccia bronze Brunellesco Buffalmacco building Buonamico Casentino cathedral Christ church of San Cicognara Cimabue colouring commenced completed constructed Cosimo Cupola decorated depicted disciple Donatello Donato door Duomo edifice Engravings erected excellent executed façade figures Filippo Filippo Brunelleschi finished Flor Florence Florentine fresco Gaddi Ghiberti Giottino Giotto grace hand high altar History of Painting honour Jacopo Jacopo della Quercia labours Lanzi Lorenzo Lorenzo Ghiberti Madonna manner marble Maria del Fiore Masaccio master Medici Messer Michelozzo monks mosaic Niccolo ornaments painted painter palace Paolo Paolo Uccello picture Pietro Pisa Pisano placed Pope portrait principal chapel remain represented Rome Rumohr sacristy saint San Francesco San Giovanni Santa Croce Santo sculpture seen Siena Simon Spinello Stefano stories Taddeo Taddeo Gaddi tomb Tuscany various Virgin vols walls wherein
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