Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on Other Arts; Collected by the Late Mr. George Vertue, Volume 4Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1827 - Artists |
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... Vitruvius af- ford no rules , no examples , of scattering finery . This delicate redundance of ornament growing into our architecture might perhaps be checked , if our artists would study the sublime dreams of filligraine , " but ...
... Vitruvius af- ford no rules , no examples , of scattering finery . This delicate redundance of ornament growing into our architecture might perhaps be checked , if our artists would study the sublime dreams of filligraine , " but ...
Page 70
... Vitruvius Britannicus ) were other works of the same person ; but the chef d'œuvre of his absur- dity was the church of St. John , with four belfrys , in West- minster . [ Now the seat of the Countess De Grey . The gardens were laid out ...
... Vitruvius Britannicus ) were other works of the same person ; but the chef d'œuvre of his absur- dity was the church of St. John , with four belfrys , in West- minster . [ Now the seat of the Countess De Grey . The gardens were laid out ...
Page 78
... Vitruvius , know , that St. Martin's Church , though one of the best in London , is no more than a very inferior imitation of the Greek Prostyle temple , and will not enter into the slightest degree of comparison with the chaste ...
... Vitruvius , know , that St. Martin's Church , though one of the best in London , is no more than a very inferior imitation of the Greek Prostyle temple , and will not enter into the slightest degree of comparison with the chaste ...
Page 86
... Vitruvius Britan- nicus appeared in 1782 , by G. Richardson . But a New Vitruvius Britannicus , by Mr. P. F. Robinson , architect , " to comprehend plans and elevations drawn from actual measurement , made purposely for this work , is ...
... Vitruvius Britan- nicus appeared in 1782 , by G. Richardson . But a New Vitruvius Britannicus , by Mr. P. F. Robinson , architect , " to comprehend plans and elevations drawn from actual measurement , made purposely for this work , is ...
Page 217
... Vitruvius was before ! " Pope's Epist . to him . + [ In 1730 , he printed " Fabriche Antiche disegnate da Andréa Palladio , e date in luce da R. Conte di Burlington , folio ; a li- mited number only , for private distribution . His ...
... Vitruvius was before ! " Pope's Epist . to him . + [ In 1730 , he printed " Fabriche Antiche disegnate da Andréa Palladio , e date in luce da R. Conte di Burlington , folio ; a li- mited number only , for private distribution . His ...
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