Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... period and the present , have passed from the miseries of this life to a better ; as well as of some , who , though still in life amongst us , have so nobly laboured in their vocation , that they are most worthy to be had in eternal ...
... period and the present , have passed from the miseries of this life to a better ; as well as of some , who , though still in life amongst us , have so nobly laboured in their vocation , that they are most worthy to be had in eternal ...
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... period , gave birth to idolatry . His re- nowned daughter - in - law , moreover , Semiramis , queen of Babylon , when building that city , not only placed various figures of animals , drawn and coloured from nature , among the ornaments ...
... period , gave birth to idolatry . His re- nowned daughter - in - law , moreover , Semiramis , queen of Babylon , when building that city , not only placed various figures of animals , drawn and coloured from nature , among the ornaments ...
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... period when they were exe- cuted , the conjecture that they are all of the most remote anti- quity is yet highly probable and well supported ; since , from the character of the figures , the mode of burial , and the style of the ...
... period when they were exe- cuted , the conjecture that they are all of the most remote anti- quity is yet highly probable and well supported ; since , from the character of the figures , the mode of burial , and the style of the ...
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... period of its erection . Many years later , when the Christians suffered persecution under Julian the Apostate , a church was built on the Cœlian Mount to the martyrs San Giovanni and San Paolo , and the style of this erection is so ...
... period of its erection . Many years later , when the Christians suffered persecution under Julian the Apostate , a church was built on the Cœlian Mount to the martyrs San Giovanni and San Paolo , and the style of this erection is so ...
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... period ; and we have proof of this , among other things , in certain figures which are over the door of the portico of St. Peter's , at Rome ; they are in the Greek manner , and represent certain holy fathers who had disputed for the ...
... period ; and we have proof of this , among other things , in certain figures which are over the door of the portico of St. Peter's , at Rome ; they are in the Greek manner , and represent certain holy fathers who had disputed for the ...
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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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