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Relief subjects and themes BAR Syrian archi- tecture cities of the Levant , the. from later buildings , such as Sargon II's palace at Khor- sabad , the individual sculptured figures reach a height of nine feet . The subjects of the ...
Relief subjects and themes BAR Syrian archi- tecture cities of the Levant , the. from later buildings , such as Sargon II's palace at Khor- sabad , the individual sculptured figures reach a height of nine feet . The subjects of the ...
Page 407
... relief under the niche occupied by " St. George , " Donatello introduced another great innovation that was to have unlimited repercussions in Florentine art . Relief has always been a problem for sculptors because it must follow a ...
... relief under the niche occupied by " St. George , " Donatello introduced another great innovation that was to have unlimited repercussions in Florentine art . Relief has always been a problem for sculptors because it must follow a ...
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... relief and elegant free- dom revolutionized interior decoration and within a gen- eration exerted a profound effect on architecture . Archi- tects rejected the massive heavy relief of the Baroque in favour of a light and delicate , but ...
... relief and elegant free- dom revolutionized interior decoration and within a gen- eration exerted a profound effect on architecture . Archi- tects rejected the massive heavy relief of the Baroque in favour of a light and delicate , but ...
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