The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... Rome practised with the perfection it has obtained there in modern times . Had Mosaic been applied to exact imitations of the pictures of Apelles , Zeuxis , and other great artists , they might still have remained to us ; a new polish ...
... Rome practised with the perfection it has obtained there in modern times . Had Mosaic been applied to exact imitations of the pictures of Apelles , Zeuxis , and other great artists , they might still have remained to us ; a new polish ...
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... Rome , by the King of Prussia , the sculptor , in return , begged to inform his majesty , that one of his own sub- jects , a sculptor , resident like himself at Rome , was as well , if not better , qualified to execute the work . In ...
... Rome , by the King of Prussia , the sculptor , in return , begged to inform his majesty , that one of his own sub- jects , a sculptor , resident like himself at Rome , was as well , if not better , qualified to execute the work . In ...
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... Rome , where he wandered for a year and a half as if in a dream , among the statues of gods and heroes ; and in contemplation of so many master - pieces of art , was unable to produce any thing of importance . Towards the end of his ...
... Rome , where he wandered for a year and a half as if in a dream , among the statues of gods and heroes ; and in contemplation of so many master - pieces of art , was unable to produce any thing of importance . Towards the end of his ...
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