Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 53
... design by W. Geefs , the well - known Belgian artist . The figure is 13 feet high , and stands on a pedestal about 20 feet high . The house of Rubens , in the Place de Meir , was built from his own designs in 1611 , but has been twice ...
... design by W. Geefs , the well - known Belgian artist . The figure is 13 feet high , and stands on a pedestal about 20 feet high . The house of Rubens , in the Place de Meir , was built from his own designs in 1611 , but has been twice ...
Page 162
... design , on the plan of a Greek cross . He did not live to complete the whole work , but he succeeded in carrying the dome , according to his own design , to its present height . Under other Popes and other architects the work ...
... design , on the plan of a Greek cross . He did not live to complete the whole work , but he succeeded in carrying the dome , according to his own design , to its present height . Under other Popes and other architects the work ...
Page 287
... designs for two bronze gates . Artists of renown competed , but confessed themselves vanquished by young Lorenzo ... design is a studied and finished picture . Michael Angelo declared , " These gates are worthy to be the gates of ...
... designs for two bronze gates . Artists of renown competed , but confessed themselves vanquished by young Lorenzo ... design is a studied and finished picture . Michael Angelo declared , " These gates are worthy to be the gates of ...
Contents
JERUSALEM | 1 |
BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM | 33 |
The Ancient Navigators The Swedish ColonyWilliam Penn the Founder of the CityThe Dreary Morning | 92 |
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