The New Encyclopędia Britannica: L-ZEncyclopędia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 887
... styles . Style communicates the outlook of a culture and the concepts of its architects . The boundaries of a style may be national and geographical ( e.g. , Japanese , Mayan ) or religious ( e.g. , Islamic ) and intellectual ( e.g. ...
... styles . Style communicates the outlook of a culture and the concepts of its architects . The boundaries of a style may be national and geographical ( e.g. , Japanese , Mayan ) or religious ( e.g. , Islamic ) and intellectual ( e.g. ...
Page 947
... style of architecture appeared in France at the very end of the 15th century and flour- ished until the end of the 16th century . As in other northern European countries and in the Iberian Peninsula , the new Renaissance manner did not ...
... style of architecture appeared in France at the very end of the 15th century and flour- ished until the end of the 16th century . As in other northern European countries and in the Iberian Peninsula , the new Renaissance manner did not ...
Page 960
... style and building customs of the mother country , adapting them as best it could to the materials and conditions of a new land . Thus , there were several colonial styles . The earliest buildings of all but the Spanish colonists were ...
... style and building customs of the mother country , adapting them as best it could to the materials and conditions of a new land . Thus , there were several colonial styles . The earliest buildings of all but the Spanish colonists were ...
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