Pisano, the Italian restorer of Sculpture, exercised the art in his own country : it was also finished forty-six years before the Cathedral of Amiens, and thirty-six years before the Cathedral of Orvieto was begun ; and it seems to be the first specimen... The Imperial Island: England's Chronicle in Stone - Page 132by James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1886 - 445 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1846 - 340 pages
...Pisano, the Italian restorer of sculpture, exercised the art in his own country ; it was also finished forty-six years before the Cathedral of Amiens, and...magnificent and varied sculpture united in a series of sound history that is to be found in western Europe. The style both of the sculpture and architecture... | |
| Europe - 1847 - 202 pages
...also finished forty-six years before the cathedral of Amiens, and thirty-six before that of Arvietto was begun; and it seems to be the first specimen of such magnificence and varied sculpture, united in a series of sacred history, that is to be found in western... | |
| Thomas Moule - 1851 - 400 pages
...Italian restorer of sculpture, exercised the art in his own country. It was also finished forty -six years before the Cathedral of Amiens, and thirty-six...of sacred history, that is to be found in Western Europe. It is therefore probable that the general idea of the work might be brought from the East by... | |
| Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1851 - 484 pages
...of the subjects,! he continues, " Wells was finished 46 years before the cathedral of Amiens, and 36 years before the cathedral of Orvieto was begun ; and it seems to be the first specimen that is to be found in Western Europe of such magnificent and varied sculpture, united in a series... | |
| 1852 - 1170 pages
...the piety and love of art of Bishop Trotman, and which Flax man speaks of as "the earliest ipecimen of such magnificent and varied sculpture united in...series of sacred history that is to be found in western Europe," but also for the light it throws upon the history of art in this country. For not only have... | |
| Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1854 - 682 pages
...sculptures from Wells Cathedral — of the originals of which Flaxman says, ' It seems to be the earliest specimen of such magnificent and varied sculpture...series of sacred history that is to be found in western Europe' — the Committee have availed themselves of it ; but at the same time must appeal to the members... | |
| Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1856 - 220 pages
...sculptures from Wells Cathedral — of the originals of which Flaxman says, ' It seems to be the earliest specimen of such magnificent and varied sculpture...series of sacred history that is to be found in western Europe' — the Committee have availed themselves of it ; but at the same time must appeal to the members... | |
| Benjamin Winkles - 1860 - 418 pages
...Italian restorer of sculpture, exercised the art in his own country. It was also finished forty -six years before the Cathedral of Amiens, and thirty-six...of sacred history, that is to be found in Western Europe. It is therefore probable that the general idea of the work might be brought from the East by... | |
| E. G - 1862 - 104 pages
...on Sculpture, speaks of them as " the earliest specimens of such magnificent and varied sculptures united in a series of sacred history that is to be found in Western Europe." These sculptures are executed in Doulring stone, of which material the Cathedral is built.... | |
| George Herbert - 1866 - 722 pages
...fortyeight years before the Cathedral of Orvieto was begun, and therefore eeems to be the earliest specimen of such magnificent and varied sculpture,...of sacred history, that is to be found in 'Western Europe. It was a great achievement, a lasting record of ecclesiastical, political, and biblical event,... | |
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