Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... altarpiece more than eleven feet high , which in Vasari's day stood on the altar of Santa Trinita in Florence . The derivation of Cimabue's style from that of the Greek painters with whom Vasari said he worked is clear enough in the ...
... altarpiece more than eleven feet high , which in Vasari's day stood on the altar of Santa Trinita in Florence . The derivation of Cimabue's style from that of the Greek painters with whom Vasari said he worked is clear enough in the ...
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... altarpiece , the Maestà ( Madonna in Majesty ) . more than thirteen feet in length , was started in 1308 for the high altar of the Cathedral of Siena . It was con- sidered such a triumph for the artist and such an impor- tant ...
... altarpiece , the Maestà ( Madonna in Majesty ) . more than thirteen feet in length , was started in 1308 for the high altar of the Cathedral of Siena . It was con- sidered such a triumph for the artist and such an impor- tant ...
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... altarpiece . from the Cathedral of Siena . 1308-11 . Panel painting . 7 x 13 ' . Museo dell'Opera del Duomo . Siena 519. DUCCIO . Temptation of Christ ( detail of the back predella of the Maestà altarpiece ) . from the Cathedral of ...
... altarpiece . from the Cathedral of Siena . 1308-11 . Panel painting . 7 x 13 ' . Museo dell'Opera del Duomo . Siena 519. DUCCIO . Temptation of Christ ( detail of the back predella of the Maestà altarpiece ) . from the Cathedral of ...
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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