Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Volume 1 |
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altarpiece ancient angels appear apse arches architect architecture artists Athens background Baroque barrel vault Basilica beauty blue bronze building built Byzantine carved Cathedral ceiling central century B.C. Chapel Christ Christian church Classical clerestory color columns composition contemporary contrast Corinthian Cubist death decoration dome Donatello drapery early effect Egypt Egyptian emperor Empire entire Etruscan façade feet figures Florence France French fresco Gallery German gold Gothic Greek Hagia Sophia height High Renaissance human images Impressionist interior Italian Italy Jan van Eyck king landscape late later light marble Masaccio masses Michelangelo monumental mosaic movement Museo Museum nave nude Oil on canvas original ornament painter Palace Panel painting Paris pediment period picture portrait poses relief Roman Romanesque Rome Saint scenes sculpture seen shapes shows side space statues stone structure style surface symbol Temple tion Titian tomb towers tradition Trajan vaults Virgin wall