Memoirs of Early Italian Painters: And of the Progress of Painting in Italy, from Cimabue to Bassano |
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... influence on art as subsequently developed . One party , with St. Cyril at their head , maintained that , the form ... influential among the fathers of the Church , St. Jerome , St. Augustin , St. Ambrose , and St. Bernard , took up the ...
... influence on art as subsequently developed . One party , with St. Cyril at their head , maintained that , the form ... influential among the fathers of the Church , St. Jerome , St. Augustin , St. Ambrose , and St. Bernard , took up the ...
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... influence on the progress of art was unquestionably great . " To this painter was allotted , in the year 1308 , the task of painting the great altarpiece for the beautiful Cathedral of Sienna , dedi- cated to the Virgin Mary . The high ...
... influence on the progress of art was unquestionably great . " To this painter was allotted , in the year 1308 , the task of painting the great altarpiece for the beautiful Cathedral of Sienna , dedi- cated to the Virgin Mary . The high ...
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... influence . The total change in the direction and character of art must in all human probability have taken place sooner or later , since all the influences of that wonderful ( 19 )
... influence . The total change in the direction and character of art must in all human probability have taken place sooner or later , since all the influences of that wonderful ( 19 )
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... influences of that wonderful period of regeneration were tending towards it . Then did ar- chitecture struggle as it were from the Byzantine into the Gothic forms , like a mighty plant putting forth its rich foliage and shooting up ...
... influences of that wonderful period of regeneration were tending towards it . Then did ar- chitecture struggle as it were from the Byzantine into the Gothic forms , like a mighty plant putting forth its rich foliage and shooting up ...
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... influence . The total change in the direction and character of art must in all human probability have taken place sooner or later , since all the influences of that wonderful ( 19 )
... influence . The total change in the direction and character of art must in all human probability have taken place sooner or later , since all the influences of that wonderful ( 19 )
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