General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . y part of his workmanship leftstanding by the architects who succeeded him,and who almost entirely deviated from the ori-ginal design, to the injury, as has been thought,of the structure. Michael Angelo, the rival ofBramante, who at length obtained the superin-tendence of this building, gave liberal praisesto his plan, and affected as much as possible toreturn to his ideas. Bramante was much honoured during life,and l
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . y part of his workmanship leftstanding by the architects who succeeded him,and who almost entirely deviated from the ori-ginal design, to the injury, as has been thought,of the structure. Michael Angelo, the rival ofBramante, who at length obtained the superin-tendence of this building, gave liberal praisesto his plan, and affected as much as possible toreturn to his ideas. Bramante was much honoured during life,and lamented at his death. His character wasgentle and obliging. He was fond of encou-raging young artists j and he invited to Romethe great Raphael, who was his cousin, andwhom he instructed in architecture, and causedto be employed in the Vatican. He cultivatedpoetry with success, and sometimes composedextemporaneously to his harp. The style of hisfirst performances in architecture partook of thedryness of the age, but his imagination openedas he advanced. He has been accused of makinga variety of faults through precipitation, andhis practice of beginning works before he bad. BRA ( ) B R A taken time to combine and perfect his was the inventor of a manner of construct-ing aiclies by casting in wooden moulds a mix-ture of Hnie, marble-dust, and water, supposedto be a renovation of the stucco of the an-cients. His poetical works were printed atMilan in 1756. TiraboscliL DArgenvUle Fieslies Archit.—A. BRAMHALI., John, an eminent prelateof the Irish church, was born at Poutefract aboutthe year 1593. He was admitted of Sidney-college, Cambridge, in 1608, and, after com-pleting his academical education, took orders,and first had a living in the city of York. Hereceived various preferments in that county,among which were those of prebendary of Yorkand of Rippon ; and by his abilities and con-duct acquired a great influence in all public oc-currences. He was appointed one
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