Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... capitals with three equal faces . At the west end stood at least one , perhaps three , Corin- thian columns , the earliest known . The abacus of a Corinthian capital ( see fig . 208 ) resembles that of the Ionic , but the volutes are ...
... capitals with three equal faces . At the west end stood at least one , perhaps three , Corin- thian columns , the earliest known . The abacus of a Corinthian capital ( see fig . 208 ) resembles that of the Ionic , but the volutes are ...
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... capitals and bases ; later examples were of stone throughout . Vitruvius thought that all Etruscan columns were unfluted , with molded bases and capitals close to those of the Doric order , including both echinus and abacus ; he ...
... capitals and bases ; later examples were of stone throughout . Vitruvius thought that all Etruscan columns were unfluted , with molded bases and capitals close to those of the Doric order , including both echinus and abacus ; he ...
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... capitals of the tall , round columns that once stood in the apse of Cluny are preserved . They are among the earliest examples of a new type of capital , which appeared at the end of the eleventh century , showing human figures and ...
... capitals of the tall , round columns that once stood in the apse of Cluny are preserved . They are among the earliest examples of a new type of capital , which appeared at the end of the eleventh century , showing human figures and ...
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