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The Picturesque Antiquities of SpainThe Picturesque Antiquities of Spain - Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville.The author of the following letters is aware that his publication would...
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Il dolore nell'arte: discorsoIl dolore nell'arte: discorsoSull'orlo di un lago bizzarro che io amo, verde ai due capi, sottile e torto per sinuose gole di colli selvaggi e di montagne tragiche, sereno a mezzo il corso nell'arco di un golfo idilliaco, si affaccia allo specchio maggiore delle...
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The Golgotha DancersThe Golgotha DancersI had come to the Art Museum to see the special show of Goya prints, but that particular gallery was so crowded that I could hardly get in, much less see or savor anything; wherefore I walked out again. I wandered through...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 09 (of 10)Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 09 (of 10) - Michelagnolo to the FlemingsWhile the most noble and industrious spirits were striving, by the light of the famous Giotto and of his followers, to give to the world a proof...
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Japan: A Record in ColourJapan: A Record in ColourIn this book I endeavour to present, with whatever skill of penmanship I may possess, my fathers impressions of Japan. I trust that they will not lose in force and vigour in that they are closely intermingled with my own...
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Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 08 (of 10)Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 08 (of 10) - Bastiano to Taddeo ZuccheroWhen Pietro Perugino, by that time an old man, was painting the altar-piece of the high-altar of the Servites at Florence, a nephew of Giuliano and Antonio...
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Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 07 (of 10)Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 07 (of 10) - Tribolo to Il SodomaRaffaello the carpenter, surnamed Il Riccio de' Pericoli, who lived near the Canto a Monteloro in Florence, had born to him in the year 1500, as he...
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Pot-BoilersPot-BoilersDear Geoffrey Whitworth,Considering for how many ages how many clever people have been complaining of their publishers, you might have supposed that no device for getting one of them into a scrape could have been left untried. Yet, so far as I can remember,...
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The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 THE AZTECS AT THE SOCIETY LIBRARY. A DAY AT CHATSWORTH. MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A MODEL TRAVELLER. A MYSTERIOUS HISTORY. EDWARD EVERETT AND DANIEL WEBSTER. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. THE HAPPINESS OF OYSTERS....
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Frondes Agrestes: Readings in 'Modern Painters'Frondes Agrestes: Readings in 'Modern Painters' I have been often asked to republish the first book of mine which the public noticed, and which, hitherto, remains their favourite, in a more easily attainable form than that of its existing editions. I am, however, resolved...
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Ivory, Apes and PeacocksIvory, Apes and PeacocksIn these piping days when fiction plays the handmaid or prophet to various propaganda; when the majority of writers are trying to prove something, or acting as venders of some new-fangled social nostrums; when the insistent drums of the Great God...
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Notas d'arteNotas d'arte Nota de editor: Devido existncia de erros tipogrficos neste texto, foram tomadas vrias decises quanto verso final. Em caso de dvida, a grafia foi mantida de acordo com o original. No final deste livro encontrar a lista de erros corrigidos. Rita Farinha...
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Renaissance Fancies and StudiesRenaissance Fancies and Studies - Being a Sequel to EuphorionThese essays being mainly the outcome of direct personal impressions of certain works of art and literature, and of the places in which they were produced, I have but few acknowledgments to make to the...
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The Shores of the AdriaticThe Shores of the Adriatic - The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and DalmatiaThis volume is complementary to that dealing with the Italian side of the Adriatic, and follows much the same lines. It has not been thought necessary to repeat what appeared there...
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O culto da arte em PortugalO culto da arte em Portugal Title: O culto da arte em Portugal Author: Ramalho Ortigo Release Date: November 12, 2009 [EBook #30456] Language: Portuguese Credits: Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images...
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Italy, the Magic LandItaly, the Magic LandWHOSE EARTHLY FORM REPOSES IN THE BEAUTIFUL ROMAN CEMETERY, WHERE POETIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH KEATS AND SHELLEY HAUNT THE AIR,UNDER THE SCULPTURED ANGEL OF THE RESURRECTION, WITH ITS MAJESTIC SYMBOLISM OF THE TRIUMPH OF IMMORTALITY,BUT WHOSE RADIANT PRESENCE STILL TRANSFIGURES THE LIFE...
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The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 GEORGE WILKINS KENDALL. WASHINGTON. WILLIAM HOGARTH. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. YEAST: A PROBLEM. THE LITTLENESS OF A GREAT PEOPLE. A JEW AND A CHRISTIAN. POLICARPA LA SALVARIETTA, A REAL AMERICAN SAINT. AUTHORS AND BOOKS. THE FINE ARTS....
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Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 06 (of 10)Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 06 (of 10) - Fra Giocondo to Niccolo SoggiIf writers of history were to live a few years longer than the number commonly granted as the span of human life, I, for my part,...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10)Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10) - Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo LottoSeeing that it is no less necessary for sculptors to have mastery over their carving-tools than it is for him who practises painting to be...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 04 (of 10)Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 04 (of 10) - Filippino Lippi to Domenico PuligoTruly great was the advancement conferred on the arts of architecture, painting, and sculpture by those excellent masters of whom we have written hitherto, in the...
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