Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... returned . in some measure , to the purer style of the antique ; and this may be seen in most of the old ( but not antique ) churches throughout Italy , which were built in the manner just alluded to by these last - named artists . The ...
... returned . in some measure , to the purer style of the antique ; and this may be seen in most of the old ( but not antique ) churches throughout Italy , which were built in the manner just alluded to by these last - named artists . The ...
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... returned to the imitation of the antique , with all the force of their genius , and all the power of their industry . But that my readers may the better comprehend what it is that I call " old " , and what " antique " , I add that the ...
... returned to the imitation of the antique , with all the force of their genius , and all the power of their industry . But that my readers may the better comprehend what it is that I call " old " , and what " antique " , I add that the ...
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... returned to Florence , Cimabue next worked in the cloister of Santo Spirito . The entire side next the church is painted by other masters , in the Greek manier but three arches , containing events from the life of Christ are by his own ...
... returned to Florence , Cimabue next worked in the cloister of Santo Spirito . The entire side next the church is painted by other masters , in the Greek manier but three arches , containing events from the life of Christ are by his own ...
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... returned to Tuscany , he found that Fuccio , having left Florence , had gone to Rome , at the time when the Emperor Frederick was crowned by Pope Honorius , † and from Rome to Naples with that monarch . In Naples , Fuccio completed the ...
... returned to Tuscany , he found that Fuccio , having left Florence , had gone to Rome , at the time when the Emperor Frederick was crowned by Pope Honorius , † and from Rome to Naples with that monarch . In Naples , Fuccio completed the ...
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... returned to Flo- rence , in the same year that the Guelfs recovered the city , he there designed the church of the Holy Trinity , with the convent of the Nuns of Faenza , since destroyed to make way for the citadel . He was then ...
... returned to Flo- rence , in the same year that the Guelfs recovered the city , he there designed the church of the Holy Trinity , with the convent of the Nuns of Faenza , since destroyed to make way for the citadel . He was then ...
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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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