Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... Ara Pacis shows a specific historic event , probably that of 13 B.C. , when the altar was begun ; second , the figures on the Ara Pacis are far more closely massed , as undoubtedly they would have been in reality ; finally , the ...
... Ara Pacis shows a specific historic event , probably that of 13 B.C. , when the altar was begun ; second , the figures on the Ara Pacis are far more closely massed , as undoubtedly they would have been in reality ; finally , the ...
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... Ara Pacis frieze . Marble reliefs Architecture Unfortunately , no Augustan temple survives in Rome in sufficiently good condition to enable us to appreciate the qualities of style the emperor desired . Luckily , this gap can be partly ...
... Ara Pacis frieze . Marble reliefs Architecture Unfortunately , no Augustan temple survives in Rome in sufficiently good condition to enable us to appreciate the qualities of style the emperor desired . Luckily , this gap can be partly ...
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... Ara Pacis still linger , but the Attic stateliness of Augustan relief has been swept away by a new dynamism in keeping with that of the architecture . We are reminded less of the Parthenon than of Hellen- istic Baroque - although these ...
... Ara Pacis still linger , but the Attic stateliness of Augustan relief has been swept away by a new dynamism in keeping with that of the architecture . We are reminded less of the Parthenon than of Hellen- istic Baroque - although these ...
Contents
FOREWORD PAGE | 11 |
Paleolithic Art Old Stone Age 30000 | 26 |
Neolithic Art New Stone Age 8000 | 32 |
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Abbey Church Acropolis ancient angels appear apse arcade Archaeological Museum Archaic arches architect architecture artists Athens B.C. Marble barrel vaults 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 Middle Ages Minoan mosaics Mosque Museo Mycenae nave original ornament Ottonian painter palace panel pediment period piers portal pose Reims relief Renaissance Roman Romanesque Rome roof Saint Saqqara scenes sculpture shapes shows side aisles space statues stone structure style surface Temple tion tomb towers tracery tradition Trajan transept vase wall paintings westwork Zeus