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... followed criminals to execution , in order to witness the pangs of the deepest despair ; he invited peasants to his house , and related laughable stories to them , that he might learn from their physiognomies the essence of comic ...
... followed criminals to execution , in order to witness the pangs of the deepest despair ; he invited peasants to his house , and related laughable stories to them , that he might learn from their physiognomies the essence of comic ...
Page 279
... followed alike his own inclination and the example of other Italian sovereigns . Learned men , poets , and artists were invited to his court , and Leonardo , according to Vasari , recommended himself at first as a musician and ...
... followed alike his own inclination and the example of other Italian sovereigns . Learned men , poets , and artists were invited to his court , and Leonardo , according to Vasari , recommended himself at first as a musician and ...
Page 290
... followed less the manner of his master than that of his companion . He has copied some of Leonardo's pictures most successfully . His original sub- jects are generally limited to the narrow circle of tranquil Madonnas and Holy Families ...
... followed less the manner of his master than that of his companion . He has copied some of Leonardo's pictures most successfully . His original sub- jects are generally limited to the narrow circle of tranquil Madonnas and Holy Families ...
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... followed the ordinary series of Biblical types and antitypes familiar in his time , and indeed for centuries previously , by means of illuminated compen- diums of the Old and New Testament . The spirit of these cycles of Scripture ...
... followed the ordinary series of Biblical types and antitypes familiar in his time , and indeed for centuries previously , by means of illuminated compen- diums of the Old and New Testament . The spirit of these cycles of Scripture ...
Page 313
... followed in chronological order ( see a subsequent note ) . We proceed briefly to describe the general arrangement of the series treated or contemplated by his great rival . On the wall over and on each side of the entrance - door ...
... followed in chronological order ( see a subsequent note ) . We proceed briefly to describe the general arrangement of the series treated or contemplated by his great rival . On the wall over and on each side of the entrance - door ...
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