Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... received existence , and now returns to the light ; but are not you alone , in imitation of our ancestors , sole father , lord , and protector , of these our arts ? Most reasonable and righteous is it , therefore , that so many pictures ...
... received existence , and now returns to the light ; but are not you alone , in imitation of our ancestors , sole father , lord , and protector , of these our arts ? Most reasonable and righteous is it , therefore , that so many pictures ...
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... received such large additions that many of them may be said to be written anew ; while many , even of the older masters , which were not before included , have now been added to the number . Nor have any labour , cost , or pains ...
... received such large additions that many of them may be said to be written anew ; while many , even of the older masters , which were not before included , have now been added to the number . Nor have any labour , cost , or pains ...
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... received by you into your Society ( wherefore I am both thankful to you , and rejoiced no little as for mine own part ) , it appears to me that I always , in a certain sort , participate . INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVES . SUMMARY . Origin of ...
... received by you into your Society ( wherefore I am both thankful to you , and rejoiced no little as for mine own part ) , it appears to me that I always , in a certain sort , participate . INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVES . SUMMARY . Origin of ...
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... received their freedom , together with honours and rewards from the republics . Nay , so highly did the Romans honour the arts , that Marcellus , when he sacked the city of Syra- cuse , not only commanded his soldiers to respect a ...
... received their freedom , together with honours and rewards from the republics . Nay , so highly did the Romans honour the arts , that Marcellus , when he sacked the city of Syra- cuse , not only commanded his soldiers to respect a ...
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... received their birth . The life and fame of the artist is in his works ; but of these works , the first , pro- duced by the earliest artists , were totally lost , as , by degrees , were the second , and perhaps the third , being ...
... received their birth . The life and fame of the artist is in his works ; but of these works , the first , pro- duced by the earliest artists , were totally lost , as , by degrees , were the second , and perhaps the third , being ...
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