Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... known among the Chaldeans The Arts among the Egyptians and Hebrews - Among the Greeks and Romans - Among the Etruscans - Of the decline of the Arts among the Romans - The decline of Architecture less rapid-- The decline of Architecture ...
... known among the Chaldeans The Arts among the Egyptians and Hebrews - Among the Greeks and Romans - Among the Etruscans - Of the decline of the Arts among the Romans - The decline of Architecture less rapid-- The decline of Architecture ...
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... known that Nicomedes , king of Lycia , was so eager to possess a Venus from the hand of Praxiteles , that he expended nearly all the treasures of his people in the purchase of it ? And did not Attalus the same thing ? since , to gain ...
... known that Nicomedes , king of Lycia , was so eager to possess a Venus from the hand of Praxiteles , that he expended nearly all the treasures of his people in the purchase of it ? And did not Attalus the same thing ? since , to gain ...
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... known to posterity , at least by this method : and the artists , as well as their works , remained unknown . Thus , when writers began to preserve the memory of persons and events preceding their own times , they could say nothing of ...
... known to posterity , at least by this method : and the artists , as well as their works , remained unknown . Thus , when writers began to preserve the memory of persons and events preceding their own times , they could say nothing of ...
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... known how to avail them- selves of this aid , nor had they derived any benefit from it , until the time specified above . When the minds then awakened , becoming capable of distinguishing the good from the worthless , and abandoning old ...
... known how to avail them- selves of this aid , nor had they derived any benefit from it , until the time specified above . When the minds then awakened , becoming capable of distinguishing the good from the worthless , and abandoning old ...
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... known whither it has been conveyed . - Ed . Flor . 1846 . The Roman edition of 1759 , tells us that this picture was still in good preservation , in the chapel of St. Francis , in the church of Santa Croce . Lanzi does not consider it ...
... known whither it has been conveyed . - Ed . Flor . 1846 . The Roman edition of 1759 , tells us that this picture was still in good preservation , in the chapel of St. Francis , in the church of Santa Croce . Lanzi does not consider it ...
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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
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