Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects
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This work, which was an ingenious, useful, and marvellously beautiful thing, was carried almost to completion before the death of Clement ; and the mouth of the well, which alone remained to be executed, was finished by order of Pope Paul III, but not according to the directions drawn up by Clement with the advice of Antonio, who was much commended for so beautiful a work. Certain it is that the ancients never built a structure equal to this in workmanship or ingenuity, seeing, above all, that ...the central shaft is made in such a way that even down to the bottom it gives light by means of certain windows to the two staircases mentioned above.
While this work was in progress, the same Antonio directed the construction of the fortress of Ancona, which in time was carried to completion. Afterwards, Pope Clement resolving, at the time when his nephew Alessandro de' Medici was Duke of Florence, to erect an im- pregnable fortress in that city, Signor Alessandro Vitelli, Pier Francesco da Viterbo, and Antonio laid out that castle, or rather, fortress, which is between the Porta al Prato and the Porta a S.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This work, which was an ingenious, useful, and marvellously beautiful thing, was carried almost to completion before the death of Clement ; and the mouth of the well, which alone remained to be executed, was finished by order of Pope Paul III, but not according to the directions drawn up by Clement with the advice of Antonio, who was much commended for so beautiful a work. Certain it is that the ancients never built a structure equal to this in workmanship or ingenuity, seeing, above all, that ...the central shaft is made in such a way that even down to the bottom it gives light by means of certain windows to the two staircases mentioned above.
While this work was in progress, the same Antonio directed the construction of the fortress of Ancona, which in time was carried to completion. Afterwards, Pope Clement resolving, at the time when his nephew Alessandro de' Medici was Duke of Florence, to erect an im- pregnable fortress in that city, Signor Alessandro Vitelli, Pier Francesco da Viterbo, and Antonio laid out that castle, or rather, fortress, which is between the Porta al Prato and the Porta a S.
What to read after Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 to read onlineMoreLess
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