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... artists who have filled the world with their names and their renown ; some means of understanding their characters , as well as comparing their works ; for without knowing what a painter was , as well as who he was , and the circum ...
... artists who have filled the world with their names and their renown ; some means of understanding their characters , as well as comparing their works ; for without knowing what a painter was , as well as who he was , and the circum ...
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... artists which remain to be settled . And with regard to pictures , let it be remembered that , although a knowledge of the name , the character , the country of the painter , adds greatly to the pleasure with which we contemplate a work ...
... artists which remain to be settled . And with regard to pictures , let it be remembered that , although a knowledge of the name , the character , the country of the painter , adds greatly to the pleasure with which we contemplate a work ...
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... artists for the edification of the people , will add greatly to the interest of a gallery of pictures ; and we class such subjects as sacred art , just as we should class Milton's Paradise Lost and the Pilgrim's Progress as sacred ...
... artists for the edification of the people , will add greatly to the interest of a gallery of pictures ; and we class such subjects as sacred art , just as we should class Milton's Paradise Lost and the Pilgrim's Progress as sacred ...
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... artists . 1 But to continue our parallel between a library and a picture gallery . HISTORY Would comprise all pictures representing such actions and events as have been re- corded by uninspired writers - classical and modern . Such are ...
... artists . 1 But to continue our parallel between a library and a picture gallery . HISTORY Would comprise all pictures representing such actions and events as have been re- corded by uninspired writers - classical and modern . Such are ...
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... artists annihilated , as Vasari would lead us to believe , several contemporary painters were living and working in the cities and churches of Italy previous to 1240 ; and it is possible to trace back an uninter- rupted series of ...
... artists annihilated , as Vasari would lead us to believe , several contemporary painters were living and working in the cities and churches of Italy previous to 1240 ; and it is possible to trace back an uninter- rupted series of ...
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