Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects (1912)
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, De Vere, Gaston du C · London, Macmillan and co. ld. & The Medici society, ld. · leaf 345
red in the death ofBramante, who was the discoverer of many good methods wherewith heenriched that art, such as the invention of casting vaults, and the secretof stucco ; both of which were known to the ancients, but had been lostuntil his time through the ruin of their buildings. And those… … BRAMANTE DA URBINO 147 can be accounted one of the rarest intellects that have adorned our age.He left behind him an intimate friend, Giuliano Leno, who had much todo with the buildings of his time, but was employed rather to makepreparations and to carry out the wishes of whoever designed…
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