But owing to vandalism and natural decay of the plaster, they cannot now be properly traced.
Considering the vandalism to which the paintings have been subject and the climate, it is clear from the brightness of the paints that the ancient Mayans had the secret of mixing pigments.
The late Servian governor had the Vandalism to whitewash the exterior, so that at a distance it looks like a vulgar parish church.
We come next to the inquiry as to what this "Scientific Frontier" is, in order to obtain which this act of vandalism was perpetrated.
Where the modern vandalism of the “Illumination” had mutilated and watered down the books of praise, the old church songs lingered in the memories of fathers and mothers, and were sung with ardour at family worship.
Traces of the vandalism of the Illumination were to be seen in all the hymnbooks.
Klopstock, followed by Cramer and Schlegel, introduced the vandalism of altering the old church hymns to suit modern tastes and views.
Still, in the end, the transaction has helped rather than hurt us, by arousing the general indignation of our country, and by marking to the world of Europe the Vandalism and brutal character of the English government.
Vast numbers of its sculptured stones have been defaced byvandalism or carried away to build walls or out-houses.
Clonmacnois has suffered as much from vandalism as any other place of its kind in Ireland.
It would be a mistake to say that the ruins at Cong are in a good state of preservation, for traces of violence and vandalism are apparent almost everywhere on them.
But vandalism is strong in the vicinity, for it is only a short time since another splendid Druid circle, nearly as large as the one mentioned, was torn down, and its stones broken to mend roads withal.
There is sometimes malice and vandalism in this attitude, but it is a deep and cherished part of the American national character.
Nevertheless, manifestos advocating credit-card theft, the deliberate crashing of computer systems, and even acts of violent physical destruction such as vandalism and arson do exist in the underground.
Footnote 180: This portal suffered much from the vandalism of Soufflot and his clerical employers of the eighteenth century (p.
But some of the glory of past ages remains hidden away in corners of the city; some has been recovered from the vandalism of iconoclastic eighteenth-century architects, canons, revolutionists and nineteenth-century prefects.
What could be more ridiculous, apart from the gross vandalism of the act, than to put a railway-station on Snowdon?
Before that act of vandalism there were eight bays.
The old spire was removed, the roofs lowered, and much other vandalism perpetrated.
By an act of vandalism the old Deanery was pulled down in 1847 and the present house built, which is devoid of many of the interesting associations of its predecessor.
For a description of the work of destruction, as related by an eye-witness of such vandalism at the suppression of an English Cistercian monastery, see The Irish Cistercians, p.
Under their surveillance, vandalism was practically unchecked, and the slaughter of game was carried on for private profit almost in sight of the superintendent's quarters.
Though Michelangelo gave this unstinted praise to Bramante's genius as a builder, he blamed him severely both for his want of honesty as a man, and also for his vandalism in dealing with the venerable church he had to replace.
It was on this occasion, according to Condivi, that Michelangelo exposed Bramante's scamped work and vandalism at S.
It has long since disappeared, but the doorway of Perpendicular design remained until about 1841, when it was removed and the compartment Normanised--a piece of wantonvandalism and the destruction of an historical link.
It may on occasion be necessary to consult such a firm before attempting anything which would savour of vandalism and rob the present-day possessor and curio-hunter of the future of what might eventually become a rare antiquity.
It is scarcely necessary to warn the collector against over cleaning, for to rub light bronzes which age has toned or encrusted with a beautiful patina would be vandalism indeed.
It is rather in their associations that the antiquary sees much to admire, and to strip brasses from the wall or memorial tablets from tombs is vandalism and sacrilege which cannot be encouraged.
That Vandalism under the specious guise of reverence for the great, of which I have already had occasion to speak, has sadly mutilated this monument, as may be seen in the engraving.
In consequence of neglecting to erect the railing, the monument has suffered much from the prevailing spirit of vandalism which I have already noticed.
Fort Herkimer became a prey to publicvandalism when the Erie Canal was built.
