Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... remain the prey of death and oblivion , as they have hitherto been . I have , besides , thought that the example of so many able men , with the various notices , of divers kinds , collected by my labours in this book , might be of no ...
... remain the prey of death and oblivion , as they have hitherto been . I have , besides , thought that the example of so many able men , with the various notices , of divers kinds , collected by my labours in this book , might be of no ...
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... remain silent than attempt that which would be wholly impossible , even to a much higher and nobler intellect , -how much more , then , to my most weak powers . Deign then , your most illustrious Excellency , to accept this my- or re ...
... remain silent than attempt that which would be wholly impossible , even to a much higher and nobler intellect , -how much more , then , to my most weak powers . Deign then , your most illustrious Excellency , to accept this my- or re ...
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... remain concealed for so long a time , and still continue buried . Nor does this my labour appear to have been unwelcome ; on the contrary , it has been so well accepted , that , besides the many things that have been said and written to ...
... remain concealed for so long a time , and still continue buried . Nor does this my labour appear to have been unwelcome ; on the contrary , it has been so well accepted , that , besides the many things that have been said and written to ...
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... remain long without change , the arts should once again fall into their former decay , these my labours , both what has been said and what yet remains to be said , should they be found worthy of a more happy fortune , may avail to keep ...
... remain long without change , the arts should once again fall into their former decay , these my labours , both what has been said and what yet remains to be said , should they be found worthy of a more happy fortune , may avail to keep ...
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... remains there to this day , it was placed in a smaller chapel of the south aisle of the same church . Cimabue next painted in fresco at the hospital of the Porcellana , † at the corner of the Via Nuova , which leads into the Borgo Ogni ...
... remains there to this day , it was placed in a smaller chapel of the south aisle of the same church . Cimabue next painted in fresco at the hospital of the Porcellana , † at the corner of the Via Nuova , which leads into the Borgo Ogni ...
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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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