Twenty of the relievi were the work of Colin of Mecheln, and excited the admiration of Thorwaldsen even.
Vela, the Ticinese sculptor, has produced a fine group of relievi as a memento of the many poor victims of the great undertaking.
I a second time visited the Medicean Palace, being near my lodging, the more exactly to have a view of the noble collections that adorn it, especially the bassi-relievi and antique friezes inserted about the stone work of the house.
It was composed of three arches, or porticos, of the Corinthian order, surmounted by an attic, decorated with bas-relievi and images.
He imagines that the subjects of the bassi-relievi on the four fronts of the mausoleum bear out this hypothesis.
With its bassi-relievi and crowd of statues and marble columns, it wants simplicity, and is too large for the place it occupies; for the roof appears to crush the glory of the Saviour.
You will notice also two alti relievi of the thirteenth century, found in a convent some miles off.
In the finest Greek coins, the letters of the inscriptions are purposely coarse and rude, while the relievi are wrought with inestimable care.
The figures are treated in the style of Mantegna, the muscles clearly expressed, the architecture drawn with care, the bassi-relievi highly ornamented, and laboured in the most minute and exact taste.
Serapis, decorated in the Egyptian manner, with bassi-relievi and pyramids in the distance; fit to adorn the choicest cabinet.
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