Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... wherein we now see her , would not be other than pleasing to your Excellency . And since almost all these masters were Tuscans , the greater part of them your own Florentines , many of whom were aided and encouraged by your illustrious ...
... wherein we now see her , would not be other than pleasing to your Excellency . And since almost all these masters were Tuscans , the greater part of them your own Florentines , many of whom were aided and encouraged by your illustrious ...
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... wherein certain passages from the life of Pope Leo X have been painted by myself . Many figures in bronze , besides the Chi- mæra , were discovered in the same place , all in the same man- ner , and now in the possession of my Lord the ...
... wherein certain passages from the life of Pope Leo X have been painted by myself . Many figures in bronze , besides the Chi- mæra , were discovered in the same place , all in the same man- ner , and now in the possession of my Lord the ...
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... wherein I shall do my utmost to observe the order of the manner , rather than that of the time . In describing the forms and features of the artists , I shall be very brief , since their portraits , which I have collected at great cost ...
... wherein I shall do my utmost to observe the order of the manner , rather than that of the time . In describing the forms and features of the artists , I shall be very brief , since their portraits , which I have collected at great cost ...
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... wherein I have collected drawings by the hand of every artist who has followed him to these days , † there are some * From this portrait Vasari took the head of Cimabue , which he placed before the life of that artist in his second ...
... wherein I have collected drawings by the hand of every artist who has followed him to these days , † there are some * From this portrait Vasari took the head of Cimabue , which he placed before the life of that artist in his second ...
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... wherein we now see the windows , before adding the dome . And this fact would be even more clearly obvious , if the model of Arnolfo himself , as well as those of Brunellesco , and others , † had not been lost by the carelessness of the ...
... wherein we now see the windows , before adding the dome . And this fact would be even more clearly obvious , if the model of Arnolfo himself , as well as those of Brunellesco , and others , † had not been lost by the carelessness of 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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