Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... drapery cover- ing the girl's head . The upper lids melt into the brows , so soft has definition become , and the lower lids are hardly represented at all . The face is a masterpiece of pure suggestion , through luminous surfaces of ...
... drapery cover- ing the girl's head . The upper lids melt into the brows , so soft has definition become , and the lower lids are hardly represented at all . The face is a masterpiece of pure suggestion , through luminous surfaces of ...
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... drapery formalized , but at Daphni this formality is always under careful control , so that one is constantly aware of subtle balances and counterbalances of move- ment . Although the Christus patiens type was chosen for the Crucifixion ...
... drapery formalized , but at Daphni this formality is always under careful control , so that one is constantly aware of subtle balances and counterbalances of move- ment . Although the Christus patiens type was chosen for the Crucifixion ...
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... drapery masses , the feathers of the angels ' wings , and above all in the modeling of faces and hands . Even the ornament sparkles with a new and special brilliance - the decoration above and below the arch , the jewels that stud the ...
... drapery masses , the feathers of the angels ' wings , and above all in the modeling of faces and hands . Even the ornament sparkles with a new and special brilliance - the decoration above and below the arch , the jewels that stud the ...
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