The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-24

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In this volume the author takes up, the
question Of church building from every
Of TIE ancient and eternal PRINCIPLES to
every phase OF ecclesiastical architecture,
from the country chapel to the. cathedral.
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The; author says in her, preface:
1T has been thought, better to devote as
much consideration as possible to the
most noted of the works rather than to
speak more briefly Of many In this way
! 1t is hoped that the book may be valuable
both for travellers, who wish to have
formation Of the great treasures of Rome.
and for the amateur who has not sufficient
! time desire to consult the many orig
inal works necessary for thorough art
1t would be impossible to overestimate
the importance Of the subject of this book
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Prophets and Sibyls of the Sistine Chapel;
and where Raphael painted his sublimsst
Stance, and the exquisite arabesques of
| the LOggie.
Miss Potter describes of all these and
the Borgia apartment, the tapestries, the
sculpture galleries and the. pinacotec
Her book has pictures Of paintings and
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details, a photography and an index of
names.
] Miss Potter is already we'll known by
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