Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... door of the portico of St. Peter's , at Rome ; they are in the Greek manner , and represent certain holy fathers who had disputed for the Chris- tian Church before some of the councils . Many works , of a similar manner , might be ...
... door of the portico of St. Peter's , at Rome ; they are in the Greek manner , and represent certain holy fathers who had disputed for the Chris- tian Church before some of the councils . Many works , of a similar manner , might be ...
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... door is the figure of Jesus Christ with his twelve apostles , in mezzo - rilievo , executed in the Greek manner . In At the same time , that is , towards the year 1061 , the people of Lucca , in rivalry of the Pisans , began their ...
... door is the figure of Jesus Christ with his twelve apostles , in mezzo - rilievo , executed in the Greek manner . In At the same time , that is , towards the year 1061 , the people of Lucca , in rivalry of the Pisans , began their ...
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... door in the centre , he painted the Virgin receiving the annunciation from the angel , on one side , and Jesus Christ , with Cleophas , and Luke , on the other ; all figures of the size of life . In this work he departed still more ...
... door in the centre , he painted the Virgin receiving the annunciation from the angel , on one side , and Jesus Christ , with Cleophas , and Luke , on the other ; all figures of the size of life . In this work he departed still more ...
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... door , and on the left hand ; for this work Cimabue obtained high praise , and was largely rewarded by the Pisans . In the same city of Pisa , he also painted , at the request of the then abbot of San Paolo in Ripa d'Arno , a small ...
... door , and on the left hand ; for this work Cimabue obtained high praise , and was largely rewarded by the Pisans . In the same city of Pisa , he also painted , at the request of the then abbot of San Paolo in Ripa d'Arno , a small ...
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... end façade , below , over * Of these figures no trace now remains . - Schorn . † The paintings of the third and fifth vault are still well preserved . -Schorn . Triforium . the principal door , and around the rose window , CIMABUE . 39.
... end façade , below , over * Of these figures no trace now remains . - Schorn . † The paintings of the third and fifth vault are still well preserved . -Schorn . Triforium . the principal door , and around the rose window , CIMABUE . 39.
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