Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... palace , and wherein certain passages from the life of Pope Leo X have been painted by myself . Many figures in bronze , besides the Chi- mæra , were discovered in the same place , all in the same man- ner , and now in the possession of ...
... palace , and wherein certain passages from the life of Pope Leo X have been painted by myself . Many figures in bronze , besides the Chi- mæra , were discovered in the same place , all in the same man- ner , and now in the possession of ...
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... palace of Theodoric , king Commonly called the Tomb of Theodoric . See Schorn in Thiersch's Travels in Italy , vol . i , p . 394 . † The braccio ( pl . braccia ) may be taken at twenty - one inches Eng- lish , but varies greatly in ...
... palace of Theodoric , king Commonly called the Tomb of Theodoric . See Schorn in Thiersch's Travels in Italy , vol . i , p . 394 . † The braccio ( pl . braccia ) may be taken at twenty - one inches Eng- lish , but varies greatly in ...
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... palace of the Doge , and the church itself , having received great injury from numerous fires , the latter was ultimately rebuilt in the the year 973 , on the old foundations , in the Greek style , and after the manner that we now see ...
... palace of the Doge , and the church itself , having received great injury from numerous fires , the latter was ultimately rebuilt in the the year 973 , on the old foundations , in the Greek style , and after the manner that we now see ...
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... palace of its governors , the lords of Arezzo , a building in the Gothic manner , with a bell - tower by the side of it . * The whole edifice , which was sufficiently handsome of its kind , was demolished in the year 1533 , because it ...
... palace of its governors , the lords of Arezzo , a building in the Gothic manner , with a bell - tower by the side of it . * The whole edifice , which was sufficiently handsome of its kind , was demolished in the year 1533 , because it ...
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... palace , now of the Podesta , † but then of the Anziani ( Elders ) , and sent to the abbey of Monreale , in Sicily , the designs for a sepulchral monument to the Em- peror Frederick , for which he had received the commands of Manfred ...
... palace , now of the Podesta , † but then of the Anziani ( Elders ) , and sent to the abbey of Monreale , in Sicily , the designs for a sepulchral monument to the Em- peror Frederick , for which he had received the commands of Manfred ...
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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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