The façades were merefrontispieces with a single broad gable, the three aisles of the church being merely suggested by flat or round pilasters dividing the front (Fig 91).
But the demand was for a literal copying of the arcades and porticos of Rome, to serve as frontispieces for buildings in which modern requirements should be accommodated to these antique exteriors, instead of controlling the design.
But the success of his set of prints on "The Harlot's Progress" diverted him from bookwork, although many years after he contributed frontispieces to Vols.
Burghers also illustrated the Oxford almanacs, and supplied frontispieces to the Bibles and other large books issued by the University Press up to about 1720.
Jerome (1577) he caused really fine portraitfrontispieces to be engraved by J.
Before the XIV century closed the façade of the cathedral was redressed with arcatures and statues like the west frontispieces of Wells, Salisbury, and Litchfield.
Laon's façade ranks among the great westernfrontispieces of Gothic architecture, a model for that of Rheims.
The frontispieces of Rheims and of Rouen are richer and may appeal more to the imagination.
The main façade, with its strong buttress lines unbroken from ground to tower, would be the grandest of all the Gothic frontispieces had it been completed as first planned.
Pictures of them in various costumes and poses had appeared as coloured supplements to annuals or as frontispieces in magazines; they had figured in the Academy, and had been bought for permanent collections in local art galleries.
This book, like the 'Imitation,' has one of the pretty and ingenious frontispieces which the Elzevirs prefixed to their books.
Moliere (in tragedy) wore laurel wreaths over vast perruques, are the early frontispieces of Moliere's own collected works.
Earlier in date than these vignettes of Jacques Moderne, but much more artistic and refined in design, are some frontispieces of small octavos printed en lettres rondes, about 1530.
Mellan not only made portraits after the celebrated painters of his time, he is himself the author of great and charming compositions, many of which serve as frontispieces to books.
I willingly call attention to that one which is at the head of a folio edition of the Introduction a la Vie Devote, and to the beautiful frontispieces of the writings of Richelieu, from the press of the Louvre.
In this I readily got employment; and frontispieces to books, such as prints to Hudibras, in twelves, etc.
Large paper copy, with frontispieces on India paper, by Aug.
Frontispieces and special engraved titles for each volume.
One of fifty large paper copies, with proof portraits and frontispieces added.
Phillips, and one hundred and thirty-four portraits and views, including frontispieces by E.
Large paper copy, with proof impressions of the frontispieces by Cosway and Westall.
The few engravings by or after Holbein that have his name or its initials are to be found in his early frontispieces or vignettes to books printed at Basle.
The examples of Romney and Morland I possess are placed behind the frontispieces of standard works on their Art.
Fornazeris engraved the frontispieces to Justus Lipsius, published by Horace Cardon in 1613.
The blocks of frontispieces in the folios were multiplied; large initial letters, ingeniously engraved and stippled, like that at the commencement of this chapter, were used.
Doubtless some of these ascriptions are for frontispieces only, but as a list of the principal book illustrators of the time, and as showing the measure of their popularity, this table is of much interest.
But he made his great success in the composition of frontispieces to theological and pious works, printed for nearly all the booksellers.
Enormous numbers of works were made with frontispieces decorated with colonnades and mitred saints, and bearing high-sounding titles of sound orthodoxy.
It is the same with the Lettres Turques, published at Amsterdam in 1750, and generally in all the frontispieces signed by him.
Unheard-of titles were then needed to catch the eye, ridiculous and ghastly frontispieces to tickle the fancy of the riffraff.
The first cheap editions of later works were graced with frontispieces from the pencils of two artists better known as draughtsmen than as painters.
Middle Row, Holborn), containfrontispieces etched by Findlay, which are worthy of the Collector's attention.
The frontispieces designed by Browne for the second and third volumes are both elaborate and fanciful.
First edition of the First and Second Series, eighty-eight Letters in all, with fifteen frontispieces and numerous text illustrations.
In arrangement, it resembles the frontispieces of certain of the grand cathedrals, and, though lacking their sculptured ornateness, is thoroughly satisfying as a decorative frontage.
Soon he procured employment in furnishing frontispieces and designs for the booksellers.
Portrait by Charles Heath after Sir Thomas Lawrence, and frontispieces and engraved titles by Frederick and Alfred Heath after Maclise and George Jones.
Frontispieces by Leslie and Allston inserted, proofs on India paper.
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