Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... completed , Cimabue was again summoned by the same prior , who had employed him for the works of Santa This * The picture of Baldovinetti was in its turn removed , to make way for Dandini's painting of the Trinity . The work of Cimabue ...
... completed , Cimabue was again summoned by the same prior , who had employed him for the works of Santa This * The picture of Baldovinetti was in its turn removed , to make way for Dandini's painting of the Trinity . The work of Cimabue ...
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... completed so many great works . The doubtful character of this anecdote is manifest ; but the painting is still in the church of Santa Maria Novella . The heads of the Virgin , of the Child , and of the Angels , are all fine , but the ...
... completed so many great works . The doubtful character of this anecdote is manifest ; but the painting is still in the church of Santa Maria Novella . The heads of the Virgin , of the Child , and of the Angels , are all fine , but the ...
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... completed , together with its campanile , in the year of Pope Innocent's death ; the front of this edifice was adorned with * This door was destroyed by fire in the year 1596. — Martini , Theatrum Basilica Pisana , † Probably of burnt ...
... completed , together with its campanile , in the year of Pope Innocent's death ; the front of this edifice was adorned with * This door was destroyed by fire in the year 1596. — Martini , Theatrum Basilica Pisana , † Probably of burnt ...
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... completed the lateral door * This inscription has caused Vasari to conclude the whole façade and campanile to be the work of Marchionne ; but these , as well as the greater part of the church , are of a much later period , namely 1300 ...
... completed the lateral door * This inscription has caused Vasari to conclude the whole façade and campanile to be the work of Marchionne ; but these , as well as the greater part of the church , are of a much later period , namely 1300 ...
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... completed , the body of St. Francis was laid with great solemnity ; and , since the actual sepulchre , in which the body of the glorious saint reposes , was never to be approached by the foot of man , the first , that is the ...
... completed , the body of St. Francis was laid with great solemnity ; and , since the actual sepulchre , in which the body of the glorious saint reposes , was never to be approached by the foot of man , the first , that is 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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