Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... dome . The interior of the Pantheon conveys the effect of a colossal sphere , whose perfect beauty is untroubled by excrescences . The continuous entablature is upheld by paired , fluted Corinthian columns of softly colored mar- ble in ...
... dome . The interior of the Pantheon conveys the effect of a colossal sphere , whose perfect beauty is untroubled by excrescences . The continuous entablature is upheld by paired , fluted Corinthian columns of softly colored mar- ble in ...
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... dome " seems not to rest upon solid masonry , but to cover the space with its golden dome suspended from Heaven . " Great efforts were made to support the dome . To ab- sorb the thrust of its immense weight , and to keep it from pushing ...
... dome " seems not to rest upon solid masonry , but to cover the space with its golden dome suspended from Heaven . " Great efforts were made to support the dome . To ab- sorb the thrust of its immense weight , and to keep it from pushing ...
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... dome . We may possibly gain from this image some idea of the vanished mosaic that in the Macedonian renaissance adorned the center of the dome at Hagia Sophia . The light from the windows of the drum illuminates the rain- bow circle in ...
... dome . We may possibly gain from this image some idea of the vanished mosaic that in the Macedonian renaissance adorned the center of the dome at Hagia Sophia . The light from the windows of the drum illuminates the rain- bow circle in ...
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