Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... ornaments of her edifices , but added statues of herself and of her husband Ninus , with figures in bronze , repre- senting her father - in - law , her mother - in - law , and the mother of the latter , calling them , as Diodorus ...
... ornaments of her edifices , but added statues of herself and of her husband Ninus , with figures in bronze , repre- senting her father - in - law , her mother - in - law , and the mother of the latter , calling them , as Diodorus ...
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... ornaments from foreign paintings and statues , than from those of native production . As , for example , from Rhodes , the capital of a not very extensive island , where more than three thousand statues * in bronze and marble were ...
... ornaments from foreign paintings and statues , than from those of native production . As , for example , from Rhodes , the capital of a not very extensive island , where more than three thousand statues * in bronze and marble were ...
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... ornaments , formed of spoils and executed in earlier times , are well done , will also perceive that the works executed by the sculptors of the day , to fill up the spaces remaining unoccupied , are extremely rude . The same may be said ...
... ornaments , formed of spoils and executed in earlier times , are well done , will also perceive that the works executed by the sculptors of the day , to fill up the spaces remaining unoccupied , are extremely rude . The same may be said ...
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... ornaments , taken for the most part from heathen temples , and employed in the construction of the same bath . It is said , that Constantine proceeded in like manner with the temple which he built in the garden of Equitius , and which ...
... ornaments , taken for the most part from heathen temples , and employed in the construction of the same bath . It is said , that Constantine proceeded in like manner with the temple which he built in the garden of Equitius , and which ...
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... ornaments in stucco and painting ( to say nothing of other parts ) placed around the building above the columns , betray extreme poverty of design ; or that many other portions of that vast church prove the imperfection of the arts at ...
... ornaments in stucco and painting ( to say nothing of other parts ) placed around the building above the columns , betray extreme poverty of design ; or that many other portions of that vast church prove the imperfection of the arts at ...
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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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