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... remained no less popular in Greece , on the islands , in the Balkans ( Stobi in Serbia ) , and in the Near East . In Asia Minor the Church of St. John of Ephesus ( 450 ) , later replaced by a building of Justinian , was cruciform in ...
... remained no less popular in Greece , on the islands , in the Balkans ( Stobi in Serbia ) , and in the Near East . In Asia Minor the Church of St. John of Ephesus ( 450 ) , later replaced by a building of Justinian , was cruciform in ...
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... remained firmly attached to the classicizing tradition of French sculpture . The still - life paintings of François Desportes and Jean - Baptiste Oudry , with exquisite char- acterization of surface textures , were generally intended as ...
... remained firmly attached to the classicizing tradition of French sculpture . The still - life paintings of François Desportes and Jean - Baptiste Oudry , with exquisite char- acterization of surface textures , were generally intended as ...
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... remained , and such documents as the Utrecht Psalter ( c . 830 ; Utrecht , Bibliotheek der Reiksuniversiteit ) contain drawings show- ing instruments , but there is little to indicate a flourish- ing musical culture . The great centres ...
... remained , and such documents as the Utrecht Psalter ( c . 830 ; Utrecht , Bibliotheek der Reiksuniversiteit ) contain drawings show- ing instruments , but there is little to indicate a flourish- ing musical culture . The great centres ...
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