Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... arch , raised to him by the Roman people , near the Colosseum , where we perceive that , for the want of good masters ... arches , are so rudely done , that we are justified in assuming the art of sculp- ture to have even then commenced ...
... arch , raised to him by the Roman people , near the Colosseum , where we perceive that , for the want of good masters ... arches , are so rudely done , that we are justified in assuming the art of sculp- ture to have even then commenced ...
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... arches , reservoirs , and public treasuries , and lastly , in the sepulchres themselves , the great part of which were destroyed by those unbridled barbarians who had nothing of humanity but the name and image . Conspicuous among these ...
... arches , reservoirs , and public treasuries , and lastly , in the sepulchres themselves , the great part of which were destroyed by those unbridled barbarians who had nothing of humanity but the name and image . Conspicuous among these ...
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... the north , was not thoroughly developed until the thirteenth century . The " Romanesque " , or round . arch styles , prevailed in Italy in all the earlier centuries . of Italy , in Ravenna , with one in Pavia 21 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVES .
... the north , was not thoroughly developed until the thirteenth century . The " Romanesque " , or round . arch styles , prevailed in Italy in all the earlier centuries . of Italy , in Ravenna , with one in Pavia 21 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVES .
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... arches and vaulting of the two small naves , furnish proof that some good artist had still remained in Tuscany , or had once again arisen in the land . In fine , the architecture of this church , is such , that Filippo di Ser ...
... arches and vaulting of the two small naves , furnish proof that some good artist had still remained in Tuscany , or had once again arisen in the land . In fine , the architecture of this church , is such , that Filippo di Ser ...
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... arches , which were peculiar to the foreign architects of those times . In the year 1013 , we nevertheless perceive , that the art had regained somewhat of her ancient vigour ; and this we infer , from the rebuilding of that most ...
... arches , which were peculiar to the foreign architects of those times . In the year 1013 , we nevertheless perceive , that the art had regained somewhat of her ancient vigour ; and this we infer , from the rebuilding of that most ...
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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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