Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... beneath the miserable slaughters and ruins of that much renowned city . Painting and sculpture were the first to suffer , as arts ministering rather to pleasure than utility ; while architecture , being requisite to the comfort and ...
... beneath the miserable slaughters and ruins of that much renowned city . Painting and sculpture were the first to suffer , as arts ministering rather to pleasure than utility ; while architecture , being requisite to the comfort and ...
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... beneath the chin , and closely wraps the throat . The figure beside Cimabue is Simon of Siena , author of the work , who has painted him- self by means of two mirrors , placed opposite each other , and which have enabled him to give his ...
... beneath the chin , and closely wraps the throat . The figure beside Cimabue is Simon of Siena , author of the work , who has painted him- self by means of two mirrors , placed opposite each other , and which have enabled him to give his ...
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... beneath , with the date 1216. * Marchionne is also reported to have built the ancient edifice of the hos- pital and church of the Santo Spirito , in the Borgo Vecchio at Rome , for the same pontiff , Innocent III ; some remains of this ...
... beneath , with the date 1216. * Marchionne is also reported to have built the ancient edifice of the hos- pital and church of the Santo Spirito , in the Borgo Vecchio at Rome , for the same pontiff , Innocent III ; some remains of this ...
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... beneath to be seen . * Two sacristies were erected beside the building , with a campanile , the height of which was equal to five times its diameter ; a very high pyramid of eight sides surmounted the tower , but this , being in danger ...
... beneath to be seen . * Two sacristies were erected beside the building , with a campanile , the height of which was equal to five times its diameter ; a very high pyramid of eight sides surmounted the tower , but this , being in danger ...
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... beneath it the following verses : — " Anno milleno bis centum bisque triceno Hoc opus insigne sculpsit Nicola Pisanus . " [ Laudetur digne tam bene docta manus . ] * The people of Siena , moved by the fame of this work , which was ...
... beneath it the following verses : — " Anno milleno bis centum bisque triceno Hoc opus insigne sculpsit Nicola Pisanus . " [ Laudetur digne tam bene docta manus . ] * The people of Siena , moved by the fame of this work , which was ...
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