This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... Named the glad Borgo from that beauteous face. A noble picture! worthy of the shout Wherewith along the streets the people bore Its cherub faces, which the sun threw out Until they stooped and entered the church door! Mrs. Browning. Madonna. A marble statue of the Virgin by Michael Angelo Buonarotti (1474-1564). In ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... Named the glad Borgo from that beauteous face. A noble picture! worthy of the shout Wherewith along the streets the people bore Its cherub faces, which the sun threw out Until they stooped and entered the church door! Mrs. Browning. Madonna. A marble statue of the Virgin by Michael Angelo Buonarotti (1474-1564). In the Church of Notre Dame at Bruges, Belgium. 8&-"This Madonnn is one of Michael Angelo's finest works. She is looking straight forward; a handkerchief is placed across her hair, and falls softly, on both sides, on her neck and shoulders. In her countenance, in her look, there is a wonderful majesty, a queenly gravity, as if she felt the thousand pious glances of the people who look up to her on the altar." Grimm, Trans. Madonna Aldobrandini. A wellknown picture of the Virgin and Child by Raphael Sanzio (14831520), representing her as " seated upon a bench, and bending tenderly toward the little St. John, her left arm around him; he reaches np playfully for a flower offered to him by the Infant Christ who rests on his mother's lap." This picture is now in the National Gallery, London. Madonna Aneajani. A picture of the Holy Family by Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), so called from a family of that name at Spoleto, Italy, to whom it formerly belonged. It is said to be the largest picture by Raphael in Germany, after the Sistine Madonna, but it has suffered much from injury. In the Museum at Berlin, Prussia. Madonna and Child with a Lily. An admired picture by Carlo Dolce (1616-1686), one of his best' works. In the Pinakothek at Munich, Bavaria. Madonna and Child with S. Anne. A group of figures executed by Andrea Sansovino (1460-1529), the Italian sculptor, for the church of S. Agostino, Florence, Italy. "One of the most be...
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Good. 1966. Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: Begun but left unfinished by William A. Wheeler. Completed and edited by Charles G. Wheeler. Boston, J.R. Osgood, 1882 [c1881]. v, 584 p. 21 cm. Associated Names: Wheeler, Charles G. Associated Dates: 1855-1946. Publishers cloth. Fresh copy. Library markings to endpapers, spine and back board. Rubbing to edges of spine." Keywords: Subjects. Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
Add this copy of Familiar Allusions to cart. $66.43, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Nabu Press.
