Anecdotes of the Arts in England: Or, Comparative Remarks on Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, Chiefly Illustrated by Specimens at OxfordT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800 - 526 sidor |
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... reply , that his plan is particular information . Minutula tamen funt , quæ fi non hunc , alium fcire juvent . CAMDENI PRÆF . in Annal . ANALYSIS . ANALYSIS . PART THE FIRST . ARCHITECTURE . SECTION I. ADVERTISEMENT ,
... reply , that his plan is particular information . Minutula tamen funt , quæ fi non hunc , alium fcire juvent . CAMDENI PRÆF . in Annal . ANALYSIS . ANALYSIS . PART THE FIRST . ARCHITECTURE . SECTION I. ADVERTISEMENT ,
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... FIRST . ARCHITECTURE . SECTION I. THE Goths not the inventors of the ftyle of building called Gothick - It originated in the ignorance , inabi- lity , or caprice , of the Italian architects - First Chrif- tian churches at Rome , the ...
... FIRST . ARCHITECTURE . SECTION I. THE Goths not the inventors of the ftyle of building called Gothick - It originated in the ignorance , inabi- lity , or caprice , of the Italian architects - First Chrif- tian churches at Rome , the ...
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... First Italian house erected in Eng- land - Architecture of the age of Elizabeth and James I. -Profpects of the city of Oxford - Church of St. Pe- ter in the east - Castle - Cathedral - Style of the origi- nal buildings of the University ...
... First Italian house erected in Eng- land - Architecture of the age of Elizabeth and James I. -Profpects of the city of Oxford - Church of St. Pe- ter in the east - Castle - Cathedral - Style of the origi- nal buildings of the University ...
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... first made by the Popes and Cardinals at Rome - Colle- tion of Francis I. — Philip IV . - Of the Vatican - Far- nefe - Borghefe - Barbarini - Albani - Mattei - The Capitol - Pio - Clementine Mufeum - Anecdotes of the earl of Arundel's ...
... first made by the Popes and Cardinals at Rome - Colle- tion of Francis I. — Philip IV . - Of the Vatican - Far- nefe - Borghefe - Barbarini - Albani - Mattei - The Capitol - Pio - Clementine Mufeum - Anecdotes of the earl of Arundel's ...
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... FIRST . ARCHITECTURE . " Tot nos præceptoribus , tot exemplis inftruxit antiquitas , ut poffit orderi nullâ forte nascendi ætas felicior quam noftra , cui docendæ priores elaboraverunt . " QUINCT . 1. xii . c . 11 . ANECDOTES OF THE ...
... FIRST . ARCHITECTURE . " Tot nos præceptoribus , tot exemplis inftruxit antiquitas , ut poffit orderi nullâ forte nascendi ætas felicior quam noftra , cui docendæ priores elaboraverunt . " QUINCT . 1. xii . c . 11 . ANECDOTES OF THE ...
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Anecdotes of the Arts in England: Or, Comparative Remarks on Architecture ... James Dallaway Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1800 |
Anecdotes of the Arts in England; Or, Comparative Remarks on Architecture ... James Dallaway Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1800 |
Anecdotes of the Arts in England: Or, Comparative Remarks on Architecture ... James Dallaway Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1800 |
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Sida 131 - ... of manners. Among the Dorians it carried with it the austerity of their national character, which displayed itself in their language and music. The lonians added to its original simplicity an elegance which has excited the universal admiration of posterity. The .Corinthians, a rich and luxurious people, not contented with former improvements, extended the art to the very verge of vicious refinement ; and thus (so connected in their origin are the arts, so similar in their progress and revolutions)...
Sida 92 - The roof rests upon the side walls, without . cross beams, an invention which at first engrossed universal attention, but is now known to every architect. In consequence of the roof being in danger of falling, a new one was substituted in 1802.
Sida 128 - He not only felt the beauties of Claude Loraine, but rivalled them. His own portrait, with an accompaniment of forest scenery, contributed by himself to the chamber of painters in the gallery at Florence, is an honourable testimony of uncommon excellence. Under Moor's direction, the prince determined to remodel the ground adjoining to his incomparable villa on the Pincian hill. The gardens / of the Medici and Albani villas, and those called \ Boboli, near the grand duke's palace at Florence, ( are...
Sida 27 - It is a singular fact, that during the commotions between the houses of York and Lancaster, and their adherents, so prejudicial to the progress of the arts of civilization, architecture in England flourished in a great degree. The superior ecclesiastics were confined to their cloisters, as few of them had taken an active part in the dispute ; and some of the fairest structures which remain, arose in consequence of wealth accumulated by instigating the noble and affluent to contribute to the general...
Sida 352 - Neapoli in domo M. Comitis de Matalona in ore putei." In fact, an old drawing in the collection of Mr AW Franks, Brit . Mus., London, shows the relief still enclosed by a simple cornice at the top and a narrow listel at the bottom. Dallaway observes : " Formerly in the Columbran Palace at Naples. The cup at the bottom and the cornice at the top, by which it becomes a vase, were added when in the possession of Mr Jenkins about the year 1772.
Sida 127 - Moor1, who was the boast of the British nation, and then studying at Rome as a landscapepainter. He not only felt the beauties of Claude Loraine, but rivalled them. His own portrait, with an accompaniment of forest scenery, contributed by himself to the chamber of painters in the gallery at Florence, is an honourable testimony of uncommon excellence. Under Moor's direction, the prince determined to remodel the ground adjoining to his incomparable villa on the Pincian hill. The gardens / of the Medici...
Sida 217 - ... 10. The Mirmillo Expirans, or Dying Gladiator of the Capitol, was dug up in the garden of Sallust, on the Pincian hill, now the Villa Borghese. It was purchased by Benedict XIV. of Cardinal Lodovisi. 11. The small Harpocrates and the Venus of the Capitol were found at Tivoli in the same reign. 12. The Meleager, once in the Picchini collection, now in the Vatican, was found near the church of St. Bibiena.
Sida 84 - Ibs. is placed in the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, at Florence, and is 275 feet from the ground. We now come to an era of our own, and with such masters of the craft in existence, run little chance of losing our characteristic as
Sida 12 - ... of pilasters. The latest device which became common just before the Saxon style was abandoned, was a carving round the heads of arches, like trellis placed in broad lozenges, and considerably projecting11.
Sida 523 - Volume, 410. with Plates of Views, engraved from original Drawings, taken on the Spot, and a Sketch of the Geography of the Troai!e ll.