Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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Page 128
... building in its entirety from the most interrupted and fragmentary of views . But the crystalline architectural shapes of the Periclean buildings , even in their present ruinous condition , tower in unexampled majesty above the city and ...
... building in its entirety from the most interrupted and fragmentary of views . But the crystalline architectural shapes of the Periclean buildings , even in their present ruinous condition , tower in unexampled majesty above the city and ...
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... building had once been a Roman temple dedicated to the god Mars ; the foun- dations of the present edifice are certainly of Roman origin , but the weight of evidence indicates that the building itself dates from the eleventh century ...
... building had once been a Roman temple dedicated to the god Mars ; the foun- dations of the present edifice are certainly of Roman origin , but the weight of evidence indicates that the building itself dates from the eleventh century ...
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... building emanated from two remarkably different religious figures , Saint Francis of Assisi ( 1182-1226 ) and Saint Dominic ( 1170-1221 ) , both of whom founded orders with innumerable branches , devoted not to a life of work and study ...
... building emanated from two remarkably different religious figures , Saint Francis of Assisi ( 1182-1226 ) and Saint Dominic ( 1170-1221 ) , both of whom founded orders with innumerable branches , devoted not to a life of work and study ...
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