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Mengs, Anton Raphael; Nibiano, José Nicolás de Azara de [Hrsg.]; Mengs, Anton Raphael [Mitarb.]
The works of Anthony Raphael Mengs: first painter to His Catholic Majesty Charles III. (Band 2) — London: Faulder, 1796

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THE WORKS OF

raster, and majestic proportions; so that they
remained attached to rules, and passed for stub-
born and stupid men.
Thus proceeded architecture even to Ber-
nine,who,in spight ofhis licence, had agay style,
Peter of Cortona was very capricious, and Bor-
romini extravagant, even to the most furious fol-
ly, From that time architecture has no longer
had reins, and one believes all that lawful which
one finds examples of in the aforesaid professors,
from which have arisen a variety of incredible
inventions, some ingenious, but no work truly
beautiful.

END OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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