Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... entirely destitute of foundation as to be in danger of departing very materially from the truth , so I do not believe that I wandered far from the true solution , when I suggested above that the origin of these arts was Nature her- self ...
... entirely destitute of foundation as to be in danger of departing very materially from the truth , so I do not believe that I wandered far from the true solution , when I suggested above that the origin of these arts was Nature her- self ...
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... entirely wasted and destroyed by these means , that all were deprived , I do not say of their beauty and majesty only , but of their very form and being . The lower rooms of palaces and other edifices being adorned with pictures , sta ...
... entirely wasted and destroyed by these means , that all were deprived , I do not say of their beauty and majesty only , but of their very form and being . The lower rooms of palaces and other edifices being adorned with pictures , sta ...
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... those of Pavia , were entirely rebuilt in the twelfth and following centuries . For more extended information on this point , see Rumohr , ut supra . bert , son of Bertrid , in like manner , INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVES . 25.
... those of Pavia , were entirely rebuilt in the twelfth and following centuries . For more extended information on this point , see Rumohr , ut supra . bert , son of Bertrid , in like manner , INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVES . 25.
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... entirely covered with marble both within and without . The edifice was constructed after the designs , and under the directions of , Buschetto , a Greek , of Dulichium , * an architect of rare excellence for those times ; the Pisans ...
... entirely covered with marble both within and without . The edifice was constructed after the designs , and under the directions of , Buschetto , a Greek , of Dulichium , * an architect of rare excellence for those times ; the Pisans ...
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... entirely destroyed by time , * An extravagant exaggeration . But Vasari himself , recalling to mind the different sculptors , architects , and painters , who were exer- cising their art when Cimabue was born , has virtually retracted ...
... entirely destroyed by time , * An extravagant exaggeration . But Vasari himself , recalling to mind the different sculptors , architects , and painters , who were exer- cising their art when Cimabue was born , has virtually retracted ...
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