Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... marble , and the first statues and relievi , to the Chaldeans , while they accord the invention of the pencil , and of colouring , to the Greeks . But I am myself convinced , that design , which is the foun- dation of both these arts ...
... marble , and the first statues and relievi , to the Chaldeans , while they accord the invention of the pencil , and of colouring , to the Greeks . But I am myself convinced , that design , which is the foun- dation of both these arts ...
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... marble , but in all kinds of metals , was given by the mouth of God Himself to Bezaleel , of the tribe of Judah , and to Aholiab , of the tribe of Dan , who were appointed to make the two cherubim of gold , the candlesticks , the veil ...
... marble , but in all kinds of metals , was given by the mouth of God Himself to Bezaleel , of the tribe of Judah , and to Aholiab , of the tribe of Dan , who were appointed to make the two cherubim of gold , the candlesticks , the veil ...
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... marble were counted . Nor were the Athenians less amply provided ; while the people of Olympia and Delphi had many more , and those possessed by Corinth were innumerable , all of great beauty and high value . Is it not also known that ...
... marble were counted . Nor were the Athenians less amply provided ; while the people of Olympia and Delphi had many more , and those possessed by Corinth were innumerable , all of great beauty and high value . Is it not also known that ...
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... marble columns for the build- ing from whatever place he could lay hands on them , and wheresoever they were to be found . The edifice constantly proceeded , after the designs , as it is said , of several masters , who were all Greeks ...
... marble columns for the build- ing from whatever place he could lay hands on them , and wheresoever they were to be found . The edifice constantly proceeded , after the designs , as it is said , of several masters , who were all Greeks ...
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... marble ornaments by which it is embellished , both within and without , the façade gives us clear proof that the Tuscan architects here made efforts to imitate the fine pro- portions and pure taste of the antique in columns , arches ...
... marble ornaments by which it is embellished , both within and without , the façade gives us clear proof that the Tuscan architects here made efforts to imitate the fine pro- portions and pure taste of the antique in columns , arches ...
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