Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... barrel vault and the groin vault ( fig . 267 ) , the latter formed by two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles , thus directing all weight to the four corners . The groin vault , like the barrel vault , was known to the Greeks ...
... barrel vault and the groin vault ( fig . 267 ) , the latter formed by two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles , thus directing all weight to the four corners . The groin vault , like the barrel vault , was known to the Greeks ...
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... barrel vaults , the lunettes , and the walls and vault of the central lantern almost disappear under their continuous covering of mosaic . In spite of the alabaster slabs in the windows that now yellow the light , the interior is one of ...
... barrel vaults , the lunettes , and the walls and vault of the central lantern almost disappear under their continuous covering of mosaic . In spite of the alabaster slabs in the windows that now yellow the light , the interior is one of ...
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... barrel vaulted ( fig . 391 ) ; the triumphal arch has vanished , and the apse ( now partly obscured by a much later altar ) is a half dome at the same height as nave and choir . The downward pressure of this barrel vault , but not its ...
... barrel vaulted ( fig . 391 ) ; the triumphal arch has vanished , and the apse ( now partly obscured by a much later altar ) is a half dome at the same height as nave and choir . The downward pressure of this barrel vault , but not its ...
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