Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 14
... figures in mezzo - relievo , so admirably executed , and in so good a manner , that all might perceive the arts to be far from their first attempts when these were formed ; nay , rather , from the perfection of the work , it might be ...
... figures in mezzo - relievo , so admirably executed , and in so good a manner , that all might perceive the arts to be far from their first attempts when these were formed ; nay , rather , from the perfection of the work , it might be ...
Page 24
... figures which are over the 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 ...
... figures which are over the 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 ...
Page 30
... figures , and under the portico several stories in marble , executed in mezzo - rilievo . They represent the life of St. Martin , and are in the Greek manner ; but the best , which are over one of the doors , were executed 170 years ...
... figures , and under the portico several stories in marble , executed in mezzo - rilievo . They represent the life of St. Martin , and are in the Greek manner ; but the best , which are over one of the doors , were executed 170 years ...
Page 67
... figures in high relief , with their assistance , for the façade of that church . There were two historical scenes in particular , representing the Universal Judgment , Paradise , and Hell ; and as he did his utmost to give beauty to the ...
... figures in high relief , with their assistance , for the façade of that church . There were two historical scenes in particular , representing the Universal Judgment , Paradise , and Hell ; and as he did his utmost to give beauty to the ...
Page 70
... figures in basso- rilievo , representing passages from the life of St. Donatus ; and the crown of the whole work is a series of tabernacles filled with marble figures in high relief , all of exquisite workmanship . On the breast of the ...
... figures in basso- rilievo , representing passages from the life of St. Donatus ; and the crown of the whole work is a series of tabernacles filled with marble figures in high relief , all of exquisite workmanship . On the breast of the ...
Contents
viii | |
35 | |
45 | |
61 | |
70 | |
154 | |
173 | |
181 | |
271 | |
279 | |
285 | |
300 | |
313 | |
321 | |
327 | |
335 | |
191 | |
204 | |
218 | |
226 | |
236 | |
244 | |
251 | |
348 | |
361 | |
387 | |
401 | |
413 | |
469 | |
494 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 6 - CHINA, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, with some account of Ava and the Burmese, Siam^ and Anam, Map, and nearly 100 Illustrations.
Page 6 - Bonomi's Nineveh and its Palaces. New Edition, revised and considerably enlarged, both in matter and Plates, including a Full Account of the Assyrian Sculptures recently added to the National Collection. Upwards of 300 Engravings.
Page 6 - DCL 2 vols. SIX OLD ENGLISH CHRONICLES : viz., Asser's Life of Alfred and the Chronicles of Ethelwerd, Gildas, Nennius, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and Richard of Cirencester.
Page 6 - FLORENCE OF WORCESTER'S Chronicle, with the Two Continuations : comprising Annals of English History from the Departure of the Romans to the Reign of Edward I.
Page 6 - Aiken's Calendar of Nature. Upwards of 100 Engravings. (Mary and William) Stories of English and Foreign Life. Twenty beautiful Engravings.
Page 3 - Locke's Philosophical Works, containing an Essay on the Human Understanding, &c., with Notes and Index by JA St. JOHN. Portrait.