The antiquary revels in its majolica, its old Florentine bridal chests and carved furniture, its beautiful terra-cotta of the Virgin and Child by Orgagna, its hundred oggetti of the Cinque Cento.
She has also made a bust of Emanuele Filiberto; and in terra-cotta a bust of Oicetta Doria, the fifteenth-century heroine of Mitylene.
At the Italian National Exposition, 1880, she exhibited a terra-cotta reproduction of a classic design, painted in oils; also a wooden dish which resembled an antique ceramic.
This artist has also given some time to the decoration of terra-cotta in oil colors.
Michel has said of the terra-cotta "Madonna" made for the Hospital of Santa Maria Novella that in it "supreme distinction of thought is combined with the most scrupulous observation of nature.
He worked at the glazing of terra-cotta with the idea at first apparently of preserving his clay models by baking them.
In one at the temple we removed dozens of shallow terra cotta drinking cups not unlike a large saucer in shape and size.
From the bottom he built up a vertical drain of large cylindrical terra cotta sections, each of which is provided with grooved flanges to receive the one above.
The tower is embellished with a terra-cotta frieze.
Translated and Arranged by the Author of "The Schoenberg-Cotta Family.
By the Author of "Chronicles of the Schoenberg-Cotta Family.
Velleius judged that the arguments ofCotta were the truest, but those of Balbus seemed to me to have the greater probability.
A chasm here follows in the original, in which Cotta probably stated the reasons of his scepticism, in spite of the acts of the Senate, and so many public memorials of supernatural facts.
There follows a considerable hiatus in the original, so that we are deprived of all the arguments of Cottaon the proposition maintained by Balbus, that there is a Divine Providence which governs the world.
In the third book of this very remarkable work, Cicero exhibits Cotta as refuting the doctrines of Balbus.
The constitutional weakness of Cotta prevented all such oratorical vehemence.
This celebrated orator was born in the year 640, being thus ten years younger than Cotta and Sulpicius.
At the beginning of the other and larger chasm, Cotta was proceeding to argue against the proposition of the Stoics, that there is a Divine Providence which governs the world.
The oration of Marcus Cotta is unquestionably a fine one.
It was supposed that Cotta wished to resemble Antony, as Sulpicius obviously imitated Crassus; but the latter wanted the agreeable pleasantry of Crassus, and the former the force of Antony.
In the meantime, Cotta goes on to refute the Stoical notions with regard to the reason and understanding attributed to the sun, moon, and stars.
Sulpicius was put to death in the same year, and Cotta driven into banishment, from which he was not recalled until the return of Sylla to Rome, and his election to the dictatorship in 670.
The richly-carved jar, flanked on either side by terra-cotta statuettes, is handsome in itself and is treasured because it was a gift from the late Mr. S.
Under this is a broad, low shelf, covered with terra-cotta cloth, which is the repository of many little treasures.
It consisted of a square tower of considerable size, within which was the gigantic terra-cotta statue of Ahulneb, dressed as a warrior, and holding an arrow in his hand.
Paddy scornfully, "and there you sit with emerald green in your stockings, a yellow waistcoat, and a terra cotta tie.
Every square yard of soil turned up among the ruins of the houses of Euyuk yields vestiges of tools, coarse pottery, terra-cotta and bronze statuettes of men and animals, and other objects of a not very high civilization.
We notice the same head-dress on several intaglios and monuments, and also on the terra-cotta plaque which will be found on p.
Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the terra-cotta figurine of Assyrian date now in the Louvre.
Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from one of the terra-cotta tablets discovered by Loftus.
THE DOG IN TUB LEASH] Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a terra-cotta tablet discovered by Sir H.
Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from one of the terra-cotta plaques discovered by Loftus.
Smith, Chaldæan Account of the Deluge from terra-cotta tablets found at Nineveh.
FIGHT WITH A LION] Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from one of the terra-cotta tablets discovered by Loftus.
Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a small terra-cotta figure of the Assyrian period, and now in the Louvre.
They were dressed in terra-cotta buckskin trimmed with white leather, and were armed for the largest game in the country.
They were clad in terra-cotta buckskin, elaborately trimmed with white leather, and around their lower legs wore heavy cowhide as a sort of legging.
In this stratum the remains of a high place with its "pillars" were found, as well as a terra-cotta incense-altar of wonderful construction.
Our best specimens of terra-cotta and stone work come from this period of this city.
Far in advance of these, however, are the figurines of terra-cotta found on another altar.
The little pack mule to the fore, Wayland and Matthews were picking the way slowly down the terra cotta trail of the Rim Rocks.
Down the terra cotta ledge trickled a tiny rill not so large as a pencil.
The sky seemed to come down lower as the red twilight darkened; and he could hear not a sound but the crunch of the grazing mule and the slow drop, drop, drop of the water seeping from the terra cotta ledge.
It would take an hour to go down the Ridge trail, cross the Valley and ascend the terra-cotta road of the Rim Rocks.
He leaned on the mantelpiece, of which the only ornaments were a child's head in white and blue terra cotta by Paul Manship, balanced by a pair of old American glass candlesticks, and told the tale as consecutively as he could.
A suggestion of Atticus that Cotta should also be introduced was found impracticable[180].
After supper Cosimo washed up, and then they drew up two chairs to the fire; and Amory turned back her new terra-cotta skirt so as not to scorch it, and they talked and ate apples.
They entertained Elizabeth at Sutton; she would have a child's memory of the founder of the house, and doubtless praised the rebus in the terra cotta moulding, the "R.
They are of varying material and design, but are for the most part of terra cotta of the ordinary antique pattern and of common workmanship.
In the Catacomb of St. Sebastian was also found a small terra cotta horse of rude design, dappled with coloured spots.
See also the terra cotta lamp with handle and medallion in Fig.
The object 387 in the upper left hand corner is a terra cotta vase with a narrow slit for receiving money, like the common children's savings banks.
Numerous terra cotta vases of varying size and shape have been found in the Catacombs.
On a terra cotta medallion, found not in the Catacombs themselves, but in the rubbish near the mouth of the cemetery of St. Agnes, is a head of Our Lord of the same general type as Fig.
The floors are laid on terra-cotta arches, built on iron beams, and the beams are protected by terra-cotta casings.
Thomas Chadwick gazed absently at the Town Park, with its terra-cotta fountains and terraces, and beyond the Park, at the smoke rising from the distant furnaces of Red Cow.
Ornamental terra cotta is modelled by artists before being burned, and the best results may naturally be expected.
Majano; a terra-cotta fountain in the sacristy of S.
The cornices along the horizontal edges of the roof have instead of the cymatium a row of antefixæ, ornaments of terra-cotta or marble placed opposite the foot of each tile-ridge of the roofing.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cotta" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
