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... columns occasionally used in Egypt ( see fig . 75 ) . Unlike Egyptian polygonal and convexly fluted columns , which were always straight , and Aegean columns , which tapered downward , Greek columns tapered noticeably toward the capital ...
... columns occasionally used in Egypt ( see fig . 75 ) . Unlike Egyptian polygonal and convexly fluted columns , which were always straight , and Aegean columns , which tapered downward , Greek columns tapered noticeably toward the capital ...
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... columns invariably caused difficulties . Since there was always one triglyph above each Doric column and another above each intercolumniation ( space between two columns ) , either half a metope would be left over at the corner of the ...
... columns invariably caused difficulties . Since there was always one triglyph above each Doric column and another above each intercolumniation ( space between two columns ) , either half a metope would be left over at the corner of the ...
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... columns are more widely spaced than in the Classical period , with three rather than two triglyphs per column . Windows admitted light to the interior . Large Hellenistic public buildings posed new problems for which the Greeks ...
... columns are more widely spaced than in the Classical period , with three rather than two triglyphs per column . Windows admitted light to the interior . Large Hellenistic public buildings posed new problems for which the Greeks ...
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