Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... Christian priests . The magni- ficent church of San Giovanni Laterano , erected by the same emperor , is an example of a similar kind , proving that sculpture had already declined greatly in his day : the figures of the Saviour and of ...
... Christian priests . The magni- ficent church of San Giovanni Laterano , erected by the same emperor , is an example of a similar kind , proving that sculpture had already declined greatly in his day : the figures of the Saviour and of ...
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... church prove the imperfection of the arts at the period of its erection . Many years later , when the Christians suffered persecution under Julian the Apostate , a church was built on the Cœlian Mount to the martyrs San Giovanni and San ...
... church prove the imperfection of the arts at the period of its erection . Many years later , when the Christians suffered persecution under Julian the Apostate , a church was built on the Cœlian Mount to the martyrs San Giovanni and San ...
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... church of San Stefano , in Rimini ; of that of San Martino , in Ravenna ; and of the temple of St. John the Evangelist , built in the latter city by Galla Placidia , about the year of our Lord 438. San Vitale erected , in 547 ; the ...
... church of San Stefano , in Rimini ; of that of San Martino , in Ravenna ; and of the temple of St. John the Evangelist , built in the latter city by Galla Placidia , about the year of our Lord 438. San Vitale erected , in 547 ; the ...
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... church to St. George , called di Coronate , on the spot where he had gained a great victory over Alahi . Nor was the ... San Piero in Ciel- dauro ; one built to San Pietro Clivate , in the diocese of Milan , by Desiderius , who succeeded ...
... church to St. George , called di Coronate , on the spot where he had gained a great victory over Alahi . Nor was the ... San Piero in Ciel- dauro ; one built to San Pietro Clivate , in the diocese of Milan , by Desiderius , who succeeded ...
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... church of San Giovanni , in their own city . At the same period , painting , which had been little less than totally ex- tinguished , was seen to be slowly regaining life , as may be proved by the mosaic executed in the principal chapel ...
... church of San Giovanni , in their own city . At the same period , painting , which had been little less than totally ex- tinguished , was seen to be slowly regaining life , as may be proved by the mosaic executed in the principal chapel ...
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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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