Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... desired for them . Again I present these Lives to you , therefore , most illustrious and most truly excellent My Lord Duke , with the addition of other noble and very famous artists , who , between the former period and the present ...
... desired for them . Again I present these Lives to you , therefore , most illustrious and most truly excellent My Lord Duke , with the addition of other noble and very famous artists , who , between the former period and the present ...
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... desired to attribute immortal fame ; and the Greeks , who account for the origin of art in various methods , declare , according to Diodorus , that the Ethiopians constructed the first statues , affirming , that from them the Egyptians ...
... desired to attribute immortal fame ; and the Greeks , who account for the origin of art in various methods , declare , according to Diodorus , that the Ethiopians constructed the first statues , affirming , that from them the Egyptians ...
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... desired to erect certain buildings in the upper Valdarno , above the fortress of San Giovanni and Castel Franco , for the greater convenience of the inhabitants and the more commodious supply of their markets ; they entrusted the design ...
... desired to erect certain buildings in the upper Valdarno , above the fortress of San Giovanni and Castel Franco , for the greater convenience of the inhabitants and the more commodious supply of their markets ; they entrusted the design ...
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... desired to avail himself of his assistance , and finally , requested to have a drawing , that he might send it to his holiness . Giotto , who was very courteous , took a sheet of paper , and a pencil dipped in a red colour ; then ...
... desired to avail himself of his assistance , and finally , requested to have a drawing , that he might send it to his holiness . Giotto , who was very courteous , took a sheet of paper , and a pencil dipped in a red colour ; then ...
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... desired to see it enshrined , and where he has richly adorned this work of Giotto with a framework composed of modern pictures and of ornaments in stucco . * The picture in mosaic , known as the Navicella , and which stands above the ...
... desired to see it enshrined , and where he has richly adorned this work of Giotto with a framework composed of modern pictures and of ornaments in stucco . * The picture in mosaic , known as the Navicella , and which stands above the ...
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