The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 194
nd Bartoluccio, master of the famoussculptor Ghiberti, to whom we owe those doorsof the Baptistery, which Michael Angelo pro-nounced worthy of being placed at the entranceto Paradise. It is well known that the execution of thesedoors was, in 1400, submitted to competition ;and it may be said, in… … Fig. 103.— Shrine of the Fifteenth Century. (Collection of Prince Soltykoff. were by habit, his model with all the delicacy of the goldsmiths art,And it must be added, and to the praise of the great artist, that although i+8 GOLD AND SILVER WORK. in great reputation for sculptured works of the…
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