Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... considered . In 4 vols . 38. 6d . each . III . Parkes's Elementary 3s . 6d . Chemistry . Political Cyclopædia . In 4 vols . 38. 6d . each . Also bound in 2 vols . with leather backs . 15s . Shakespeare's Works , with Life , by CHALMERS ...
... considered . In 4 vols . 38. 6d . each . III . Parkes's Elementary 3s . 6d . Chemistry . Political Cyclopædia . In 4 vols . 38. 6d . each . Also bound in 2 vols . with leather backs . 15s . Shakespeare's Works , with Life , by CHALMERS ...
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... considered by his father and others to give proof of an acute judgment and a clear understanding , was sent to Santa Maria Novella to study letters under a relation , who was then master in grammar to the novices of that convent . But ...
... considered by his father and others to give proof of an acute judgment and a clear understanding , was sent to Santa Maria Novella to study letters under a relation , who was then master in grammar to the novices of that convent . But ...
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... considered by the Pisans to be a work of extraordinary merit , having more beauty of ex- pression in the head , and more grace in the draperies , than had ever been seen in the Greek manner up to that time , not only in Pisa , but in ...
... considered by the Pisans to be a work of extraordinary merit , having more beauty of ex- pression in the head , and more grace in the draperies , than had ever been seen in the Greek manner up to that time , not only in Pisa , but in ...
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... considered that obscurity of art from the shades of which Cimabue had found means to elicit so much light . But of all these paint- ings ( a thing which merits consideration ) , those of the vaults being less exposed to dust and other ...
... considered that obscurity of art from the shades of which Cimabue had found means to elicit so much light . But of all these paint- ings ( a thing which merits consideration ) , those of the vaults being less exposed to dust and other ...
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... considered , perhaps , the first cause of the restoration of the art of painting , yet Giotto , his disciple , impelled by laudable am- bition , and well aided by heaven and nature , was the man who , attaining to superior elevation of ...
... considered , perhaps , the first cause of the restoration of the art of painting , yet Giotto , his disciple , impelled by laudable am- bition , and well aided by heaven and nature , was the man who , attaining to superior elevation of ...
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