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... chapel , are painted by him . Here we have the most beautiful figures of female saints , admirable heads of Christ , and lovely infant angels . From the dado , painted in brown chiaroscuro , to the roof , the walls are covered with ...
... chapel , are painted by him . Here we have the most beautiful figures of female saints , admirable heads of Christ , and lovely infant angels . From the dado , painted in brown chiaroscuro , to the roof , the walls are covered with ...
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... chapel of the Sacro Monte he represented the Crucifixion in a large composition , the principal figures being in relief and coloured like nature . Behind this the walls are painted with a number of figures as spectators ; the women in ...
... chapel of the Sacro Monte he represented the Crucifixion in a large composition , the principal figures being in relief and coloured like nature . Behind this the walls are painted with a number of figures as spectators ; the women in ...
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... chapel , which had hitherto remained unadorned . ' Michael Angelo at first wished to decline this commission , which would necessarily interrupt the work already in pro- gress , and probably did not feel himself quite equal to the ...
... chapel , which had hitherto remained unadorned . ' Michael Angelo at first wished to decline this commission , which would necessarily interrupt the work already in pro- gress , and probably did not feel himself quite equal to the ...
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... fullest of the numerous dissertations on the Sibyls is , per- haps , that of Clasen ( De Oraculis Gentilium , Helmstad . 1673 ) .— ED . ] A group from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . 302 Book V. MASTERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY .
... fullest of the numerous dissertations on the Sibyls is , per- haps , that of Clasen ( De Oraculis Gentilium , Helmstad . 1673 ) .— ED . ] A group from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . 302 Book V. MASTERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY .
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The Italian schools Franz Kugler Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. A group from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . page 302 . Figure from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . page.
The Italian schools Franz Kugler Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. A group from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . page 302 . Figure from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . page.
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