Art: Prehistory, the ancient world, the Middle AgesH. N. Abrams, 1976 - Art |
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... shapes in soft white quiver against a black ground among curling and uncurling spirals and counterspirals , all beautifully related to the shape of the vessel itself . In Late Minoan , about 1500 B.C. , the swirling shapes take on ...
... shapes in soft white quiver against a black ground among curling and uncurling spirals and counterspirals , all beautifully related to the shape of the vessel itself . In Late Minoan , about 1500 B.C. , the swirling shapes take on ...
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... shapes , whose parallel striations are derived from the stripes of the tiger , the feathers of the eagle , and apparently the shapes of grasses below . An indication of the immense 345. Scythian plaque with animal interlace , from the ...
... shapes , whose parallel striations are derived from the stripes of the tiger , the feathers of the eagle , and apparently the shapes of grasses below . An indication of the immense 345. Scythian plaque with animal interlace , from the ...
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... shapes in the second story , too small to con- nect with the pilaster strips that should support them . Such effects are in the tradition of irresponsible linear ac- tivity , which was strong in Romanesque ornament throughout Europe ...
... shapes in the second story , too small to con- nect with the pilaster strips that should support them . Such effects are in the tradition of irresponsible linear ac- tivity , which was strong in Romanesque ornament throughout Europe ...
Contents
FOREWORD PAGE | 11 |
Paleolithic Art Old Stone Age 30000 | 26 |
Neolithic Art New Stone Age 8000 | 32 |
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Acropolis ancient angels appear apse arcade Archaeological Museum Archaic arches architect architecture artists Athens B.C. Marble barrel vault basilica beautiful bronze building built buttresses Byzantine capitals Carolingian carved Çatal Hüyük Cathedral Cathedral of Chartres central century B.C. Chapel choir Christ Classical clerestory colonnade colonnettes color colorplate columns Corinthian decorated dome Doric drapery dynasty earliest Early Christian Egypt Egyptian emperor Empire Etruscan façade figures France frescoes frieze gold Gothic Greek groin vaults Hagia Sophia head height Hellenistic Illumination imperial interior Italian Italy king later light limestone Mesopotamia Minoan mosaics Mosque Museo Mycenae nave original ornament Ottonian painter palace panel pediment period piers portal pose Reims relief Renaissance represented Roman Romanesque Rome roof Saint Saqqara scenes sculpture shapes shows side aisles Sopoćani space statues stone structure style surface Temple tion tomb towers tracery tradition Trajan transept vase vaults wall paintings westwork Zeus