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A right hand of the little port of St. Maria sopra Minerva is placed against the wall this time and supported by three carved corbels. The white marble statue lies down on the urn reminds the effigy of Rural Vincent apostolic secretary and man…

The Cardinal Lorenzo Cibo, Genoese patrician and a descendant of the noble family who willed original heraldic writers of Greece, is remembered by biographers as very learned man and angelic costumes. Taken from a special devotion to S. Lorenzo was…

As we did with the other two first volumes, although this is (chuide icnografica) with a table containing the plants in half the DEA reports of all the monuments of that composed this third volume. We placed our every care to ensure that in such…

Following the other parts of the decorations, in which for the others it can be seen what agreement should have reigned throughout the entire mass.

Everyone will want to know that you have added to this table detail of the altar described above. When we met in works really stunning, and of which it is useful to know what the right proportions of the moldings and the development of the ornamental…

Even at this altar we wanted to add a table that contains some parts drawn in a greater proportion, because the best you can see the merit of the ornaments and study their behavior.

This work of sculpture certainly belongs to the good of the century 'art, wanting to argue it from its simple style and correct. We saw the Rasponi and Crescimbeni cited by Valentini (Illus. the four Bas.) But we could not find the author's name. A…

Of the four existing monuments of the Cloister of S. Augustine, as we said in the Table LXI, this is the third dedicated to the memory of the learned Cardinal Jacopo Ammannati, distinguished patron of the arts and sciences, and he himself not the…

To enter the Cloister of S. Augustine, if a tired hand turns, the show is facing four monuments, the penultimate of which we will describe below (Table LXIII.) And the last is dedicated to the memory of Constance Piccolomini, whose son speaks very…

The interior of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo changed shape at the time of Bernini, who was an architect invited to direct its work. He among many beautiful things that (vi operò) knew not to deserve universal approval in substituting…