_Bambocciate._
A kind of painting not unknown to the ancients, iv. 215.
Promoted by Laer, ii. 254;
And by others, _ib._ v. 80, 235, 442, 443.
Bassirilievi.
Their use in painting since the fifteenth century, i. 404, ii. 364.
Artists who thus distinguished themselves, i. 300, ii. 114, v. 432,
433.
Battle-pieces of Giulio Romano, ii. 108.
Of Borgognone and his school, i. 330, ii. 253.
Of others, iii. 339, iv. 29, 140, v. 268.
Beau-ideal.
How studied by Raffaello, ii. 91, 92.
How by the mannerists, ii. 131.
How by Guido Reni, v. 142.
Bolognese artists.
Did not derive the principles of painting from Florence, only its
improvement, v. 14.
Shewed the best method of imitation, v. 23.
Pre-eminent in the art during two centuries, v. 15.
Borromei. Benefactors of the fine arts at Milan, iv. 284.