The General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 16: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation (Classic Reprint) - Rilegato

Chalmers, Alexander

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ISBN 10: 0266385451 ISBN 13: 9780266385455

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018

Riassunto

Excerpt from The General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 16: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation

Picture of his in One of the churches of Florence, repre senting the death of the blessed Virgin, with the apostles about her: the attitudes of which story, Michael Angelo used to say, could not be better designed. Giotto, how ever, did not confine his genius altogether to painting he was both a sculptor and architect. In 1327 he formed the design of a magnificent and beautiful monument for Guido Tarlati, bishop of Arezzo, who had been' the head of the Ghibeline faction in Tuscany: and in 1334 he undertook the famous tower of Sancta Maria del Fiore; for which work, though it was not finished, he was made a citizen of Florence, and endowed with a considerable yearly pension.

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• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0266385451
• ISBN 13: 9780266385455
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 504
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