Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and ArchitectsGeorge Bell and Sons, 1855 |
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... perfection of the work , it might be fairly inferred that they were nearer to their highest summit than to their origin . Additional proof of this may be daily seen in the relics of red and black vases , constantly found at Arezzo ...
... perfection of the work , it might be fairly inferred that they were nearer to their highest summit than to their origin . Additional proof of this may be daily seen in the relics of red and black vases , constantly found at Arezzo ...
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... perfection ? I do not intend to deny that there must have been one who made the first commencement , for I know perfectly well that the first principle must have proceeded from some given time , and from some one person ; neither will I ...
... perfection ? I do not intend to deny that there must have been one who made the first commencement , for I know perfectly well that the first principle must have proceeded from some given time , and from some one person ; neither will I ...
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... perfection which they had previously displayed ; so that , in all the buildings erected by the emperors , one after an- other , the arts may be gradually seen to decline , until all perfection of the art of design was ultimately lost ...
... perfection which they had previously displayed ; so that , in all the buildings erected by the emperors , one after an- other , the arts may be gradually seen to decline , until all perfection of the art of design was ultimately lost ...
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... perfection displayed by the medals and statues of earlier emperors , all which demonstrates clearly , that sculpture had greatly declined in Italy long before the coming of the Goths . - Architecture remained , as has been said , if not ...
... perfection displayed by the medals and statues of earlier emperors , all which demonstrates clearly , that sculpture had greatly declined in Italy long before the coming of the Goths . - Architecture remained , as has been said , if not ...
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... perfection than the other arts , as we have said more than once , there is exhibited a certain degree of beauty in this building . The church of Santa Maria in Grado , was at the same time enlarged , in honour of St. Hilarian , who had ...
... perfection than the other arts , as we have said more than once , there is exhibited a certain degree of beauty in this building . The church of Santa Maria in Grado , was at the same time enlarged , in honour of St. Hilarian , who had ...
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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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