Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of the Ruins of the Ancient City, the Remains of the Middle Ages, and the Monuments of Modern Times, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1852 - Rome (City) |
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... extremely difficult to turn our eyes from the works of Raphael to those of Peruzzi . In the church of the Augustines , is Raphael's inimitable fresco of Isaiah - a work sufficient of itself to have crowned his name with immortality ...
... extremely difficult to turn our eyes from the works of Raphael to those of Peruzzi . In the church of the Augustines , is Raphael's inimitable fresco of Isaiah - a work sufficient of itself to have crowned his name with immortality ...
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... extremely fine ; St. Cecilia expressing her con- tempt of the idols , which is on a small scale ; and St. Cecilia distributing clothes to the poor . These frescos are indeed works of first rate excellence , and , fortunately , though in ...
... extremely fine ; St. Cecilia expressing her con- tempt of the idols , which is on a small scale ; and St. Cecilia distributing clothes to the poor . These frescos are indeed works of first rate excellence , and , fortunately , though in ...
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... extremely rare and valuable , and amounts to upwards of thirty thousand . Some of these are very curious . The famous Virgil , with its costume paintings of the Trojans and Latins , supposed to have been executed about the age of ...
... extremely rare and valuable , and amounts to upwards of thirty thousand . Some of these are very curious . The famous Virgil , with its costume paintings of the Trojans and Latins , supposed to have been executed about the age of ...
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... extremely curious and rare . Two bronze heads , from their singular beauty , first catch the eye ; and also , but from an opposite cause , a bronze Etruscan figure with the bulla , or amulet , about his neck , bearing an Etruscan ...
... extremely curious and rare . Two bronze heads , from their singular beauty , first catch the eye ; and also , but from an opposite cause , a bronze Etruscan figure with the bulla , or amulet , about his neck , bearing an Etruscan ...
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... extremely interesting , from the minute details of the martial accoutrements it bears . The weight of the lorica , compressing the thick folds of the tunic , looks as if the man encased in it could never have moved , much less fought ...
... extremely interesting , from the minute details of the martial accoutrements it bears . The weight of the lorica , compressing the thick folds of the tunic , looks as if the man encased in it could never have moved , much less fought ...
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