Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... ceiling . Nonetheless , it was far from being as difficult to view as some writers maintain . At most moments of the day , the strong Greek sunlight , reflected upward from the marble stylobate and ( on the south side ) from the cella ...
... ceiling . Nonetheless , it was far from being as difficult to view as some writers maintain . At most moments of the day , the strong Greek sunlight , reflected upward from the marble stylobate and ( on the south side ) from the cella ...
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... Ceiling fresco . Early 4th. Liturgy of the Faithful , the actual Eucharist or sacrifice of bread and wine ( today the ... ceilings , a position that required the painter to work with his head tilted . One of the earliest , on the ...
... Ceiling fresco . Early 4th. Liturgy of the Faithful , the actual Eucharist or sacrifice of bread and wine ( today the ... ceilings , a position that required the painter to work with his head tilted . One of the earliest , on the ...
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... Ceiling fresco , Catacomb of Sta . Priscilla , Rome ( 317 ) SCULPTURE Scythian panther from Kelermes ( 344 ) Scythian gold plaque from the Altai Mountains , Siberia ( 345 ) Scythian ( ? ) shield ornament from Helden , The Netherlands ...
... Ceiling fresco , Catacomb of Sta . Priscilla , Rome ( 317 ) SCULPTURE Scythian panther from Kelermes ( 344 ) Scythian gold plaque from the Altai Mountains , Siberia ( 345 ) Scythian ( ? ) shield ornament from Helden , The Netherlands ...
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