Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... Death of Wallenstein ; and William Tell . Vol . 3. Don Carlos , Mary Stuart , Maid of Orleans , and Bride of Messina . Vol . 4. The Robbers , Fiesco , Love and Intrigue , and the Ghost - Seer . Schlegel's Philosophy of Life and of ...
... Death of Wallenstein ; and William Tell . Vol . 3. Don Carlos , Mary Stuart , Maid of Orleans , and Bride of Messina . Vol . 4. The Robbers , Fiesco , Love and Intrigue , and the Ghost - Seer . Schlegel's Philosophy of Life and of ...
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... death , by that highly competent authority , and most impartial critic , Giovanni Masselli . The latest edition of Vasari , commenced in 1846 , is still in course of publication . It is superintended by an association of learned ...
... death , by that highly competent authority , and most impartial critic , Giovanni Masselli . The latest edition of Vasari , commenced in 1846 , is still in course of publication . It is superintended by an association of learned ...
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... death and oblivion , as they have hitherto been . I have , besides , thought that the example of so many able men , with the various notices , of divers kinds , collected by my labours in this book , might be of no small advantage to ...
... death and oblivion , as they have hitherto been . I have , besides , thought that the example of so many able men , with the various notices , of divers kinds , collected by my labours in this book , might be of no small advantage to ...
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... death . And when this lawgiver , descending from the Mount , found the golden calf set up and voluntarily adored by his people , he not only broke and reduced it to powder , in his great indignation at the sight of divine honours paid ...
... death . And when this lawgiver , descending from the Mount , found the golden calf set up and voluntarily adored by his people , he not only broke and reduced it to powder , in his great indignation at the sight of divine honours paid ...
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... death of good artists and the destruction of their works , those who devoted themselves to that employment were in no condition to give either cor- rect proportion or grace of any kind to their designs . Then arose new architects , and ...
... death of good artists and the destruction of their works , those who devoted themselves to that employment were in no condition to give either cor- rect proportion or grace of any kind to their designs . Then arose new architects , and ...
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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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