Art: The Renaissance, the Baroque, the modern worldH. N. Abrams, 1976 - Art |
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... structure appear to shimmer over the water like the large , irregular pearls that may have given the Baroque its name . More startling buildings were erected in the western side of North Italy in Piedmont , where the Theatine priest ...
... structure appear to shimmer over the water like the large , irregular pearls that may have given the Baroque its name . More startling buildings were erected in the western side of North Italy in Piedmont , where the Theatine priest ...
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... structures were industrial or commercial buildings , and the techniques invented to fulfill the new functions were ... structure . Hence , the characteristic new architectural forms of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have ...
... structures were industrial or commercial buildings , and the techniques invented to fulfill the new functions were ... structure . Hence , the characteristic new architectural forms of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have ...
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... structure by greater height or more elaborate decoration . Also , a light , ornamental building or pleasure - house . PEDESTAL . An architectural support for a COLUMN , statue , vase , etc .; also , a foundation or BASE . Pediment . A ...
... structure by greater height or more elaborate decoration . Also , a light , ornamental building or pleasure - house . PEDESTAL . An architectural support for a COLUMN , statue , vase , etc .; also , a foundation or BASE . Pediment . A ...
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PROLOGUE | 9 |
The Early Renaissance in Northern | 70 |
The High Renaissance in Florence | 117 |
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Abstract Abstract Expressionism Alberti altarpiece angels arches architect architecture artists background Baroque beauty Bernini blue Boucicaut Master brilliant bronze Brunelleschi building Cathedral ceiling central Cézanne Chapel Christ church Classical color colorplate columns composition contemporary Cubist death decoration dome Donatello Dürer early effect Eyck façade fifteenth century figures Florence Florentine foreground France French fresco Gallery German Giovanni Gothic Greek High Renaissance Il Gesù Impressionist Ingres interior Italian Italy Jan van Eyck landscape later Le Corbusier Leonardo light Lorenzo Louis Louvre Madonna marble Masaccio masses master Matisse Medici Michelangelo modern Monet movement Museum Neoclassicism Netherlandish nude Oil on canvas painter Palace Palazzo Panel painting Paris perspective Picasso picture Piero della Francesca pilasters planes portrait poses Raphael Rococo Roman Rome Rubens Salon scene sculpture seen shapes shows space structure style surface tion Titian towers tradition ture vault Venetian Venice Virgin wall