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... apse from the east - west axis and is as yet unexplained , the worshiper proceeds through the ambulatory and then into the central oc- tagon , with its expanding spaces , filled with light from the eight arched windows of the lantern ...
... apse from the east - west axis and is as yet unexplained , the worshiper proceeds through the ambulatory and then into the central oc- tagon , with its expanding spaces , filled with light from the eight arched windows of the lantern ...
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... apse of Sant'Apollinare in Classe ( fig . 337 ) , located at the site of the old Roman port of Classis a few miles outside Ravenna . Curtains part in the little aediculae between the windows to reveal deceased bishops of Ravenna in ...
... apse of Sant'Apollinare in Classe ( fig . 337 ) , located at the site of the old Roman port of Classis a few miles outside Ravenna . Curtains part in the little aediculae between the windows to reveal deceased bishops of Ravenna in ...
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... apse - like the ambulatory in a mar- tyrium - so that crowds of pilgrims could move along constantly and easily . ( Medieval sources tell us about the difficulty and danger of handling large crowds in the old basilicas . ) Along their ...
... apse - like the ambulatory in a mar- tyrium - so that crowds of pilgrims could move along constantly and easily . ( Medieval sources tell us about the difficulty and danger of handling large crowds in the old basilicas . ) Along their ...
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