Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page 10
... painter from the mines of earth , enable him to imitate whatsoever object he may require for his pic- ture . It is true , that we cannot with certainty declare what was accomplished in these arts and towards the imitation of so ...
... painter from the mines of earth , enable him to imitate whatsoever object he may require for his pic- ture . It is true , that we cannot with certainty declare what was accomplished in these arts and towards the imitation of so ...
Page 12
... painters ever have been . For not only have they been poets also , as we read of Pacuvius , but philosophers like ... painter of the name of Pythia Pausi or Nicias may be meant . ¡ Fabulous . Rome , that Fabius bequeathed fame to his ...
... painters ever have been . For not only have they been poets also , as we read of Pacuvius , but philosophers like ... painter of the name of Pythia Pausi or Nicias may be meant . ¡ Fabulous . Rome , that Fabius bequeathed fame to his ...
Page 35
Giorgio Vasari, Jean Paul Richter. LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS , SCULPTORS , AND ARCHITECTS . PART FIRST . CIMABUE , PAINTER , OF FLORENCE . [ 1240. - 1302 . ] THE overwhelming flood of evils by which unhappy Italy had been ...
Giorgio Vasari, Jean Paul Richter. LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS , SCULPTORS , AND ARCHITECTS . PART FIRST . CIMABUE , PAINTER , OF FLORENCE . [ 1240. - 1302 . ] THE overwhelming flood of evils by which unhappy Italy had been ...
Page 37
... painter to another down to those times , while none ever thought of the amelioration of his design , the embellishment of his colouring , or the improvement of his invention . work being completed , Cimabue was again summoned by the ...
... painter to another down to those times , while none ever thought of the amelioration of his design , the embellishment of his colouring , or the improvement of his invention . work being completed , Cimabue was again summoned by the ...
Page 42
... - cuting a St. John , in mosaic , for the Duomo of Pisa , in 1302 ; and , as he left this figure unfinished , it may be inferred that he did not long sur- painter , and long dwelt in the house inhabited by 42 LIVES OF THE ARTISTS .
... - cuting a St. John , in mosaic , for the Duomo of Pisa , in 1302 ; and , as he left this figure unfinished , it may be inferred that he did not long sur- painter , and long dwelt in the house inhabited by 42 LIVES OF THE ARTISTS .
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.