Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... father , lord , and protector , of these our arts ? Most reasonable and righteous is it , therefore , that so many pictures and noble statues , with so many wondrous edifices of every kind , should be erected and executed by those in ...
... father , lord , and protector , of these our arts ? Most reasonable and righteous is it , therefore , that so many pictures and noble statues , with so many wondrous edifices of every kind , should be erected and executed by those in ...
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... father - in - law , her mother - in - law , and the mother of the latter , calling them , as Diodorus relates , by the names of the Greeks , Jupiter , Juno , and Ops * ( which as yet were not in use ) . And it was probably from these ...
... father - in - law , her mother - in - law , and the mother of the latter , calling them , as Diodorus relates , by the names of the Greeks , Jupiter , Juno , and Ops * ( which as yet were not in use ) . And it was probably from these ...
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... father , for having aspired to become king . And although the arts of sculpture and painting continued to be practised to the close of the reign of the twelve Cæsars , yet they did not maintain themselves in that degree of excellence ...
... father , for having aspired to become king . And although the arts of sculpture and painting continued to be practised to the close of the reign of the twelve Cæsars , yet they did not maintain themselves in that degree of excellence ...
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... fathers who had disputed for the Chris- tian Church before some of the councils . Many works , of a similar manner , might be adduced in support of this asser- tion ; examples may be seen in the city of Ravenna and in the whole ...
... fathers who had disputed for the Chris- tian Church before some of the councils . Many works , of a similar manner , might be adduced in support of this asser- tion ; examples may be seen in the city of Ravenna and in the whole ...
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... father of Charlemagne , con- structed in Pavia , and which is called San Piero in Ciel- dauro ; one built to San Pietro Clivate , in the diocese of Milan , by Desiderius , who succeeded Astolphus , was in the same manner ; as were the ...
... father of Charlemagne , con- structed in Pavia , and which is called San Piero in Ciel- dauro ; one built to San Pietro Clivate , in the diocese of Milan , by Desiderius , who succeeded Astolphus , was in the same manner ; as were the ...
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