Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... Remarks by the Rev. J. SHERMAN . Printed in a large clear type . Illustra tions . 3s . 6d . Wide , Wide World . By ELIZABETH WETHERALL . Illustrated with 10 highly- finished Steel Engravings . 3s . 6d . Bohn's Historical Library ...
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... remarks that the sacrificial processions on the medallions , sculptured in mezzo - rilievo , with the cap- tives , the larger reliefs , the columns , cornices , and other ornaments , formed of spoils and executed in earlier times , are ...
... remarks that the sacrificial processions on the medallions , sculptured in mezzo - rilievo , with the cap- tives , the larger reliefs , the columns , cornices , and other ornaments , formed of spoils and executed in earlier times , are ...
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... remarks that he cannot comprehend why Vasari should thus particularize San Martino , ( a church of fine Gothic architecture of the thirteenth century , and which cannot have been built by these ima- ginary scholars of Buschetto , ) when ...
... remarks that he cannot comprehend why Vasari should thus particularize San Martino , ( a church of fine Gothic architecture of the thirteenth century , and which cannot have been built by these ima- ginary scholars of Buschetto , ) when ...
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... remarks that , in Assisi , Giunta Pisano also painted the Frate Elia from nature ; and this may be literally true , since the Frate Elia was a contemporary of Giunta Pisano . Having afterwards undertaken to paint a large picture in the ...
... remarks that , in Assisi , Giunta Pisano also painted the Frate Elia from nature ; and this may be literally true , since the Frate Elia was a contemporary of Giunta Pisano . Having afterwards undertaken to paint a large picture in the ...
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... remarks in his Commedia , where , alluding , in the eleventh canto of the Purgatorio , to this inscription on the tomb , * he says : " Credette Cimabue nella pintura Tener lo campo , ed ora ha Giotto il grido , Si che la fama di colui s ...
... remarks in his Commedia , where , alluding , in the eleventh canto of the Purgatorio , to this inscription on the tomb , * he says : " Credette Cimabue nella pintura Tener lo campo , ed ora ha Giotto il grido , Si che la fama di colui s ...
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