Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... earliest examples are of an astonishingly high quality that , coupled with the great period of time covered by the finds , suggests the existence of a strong tradition in the hands of trained artists , transmitting their knowledge and ...
... earliest examples are of an astonishingly high quality that , coupled with the great period of time covered by the finds , suggests the existence of a strong tradition in the hands of trained artists , transmitting their knowledge and ...
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... earliest known , dating from just before 231 , was found at Dura- Europos in Syria . It is an ordinary Greek peristyle house , somewhat remodeled for Christian use , with a separate room for the catechumens , a library , and a vestry ...
... earliest known , dating from just before 231 , was found at Dura- Europos in Syria . It is an ordinary Greek peristyle house , somewhat remodeled for Christian use , with a separate room for the catechumens , a library , and a vestry ...
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... Earliest documented use of windmills , in Near East Earliest application of water power to industry Vikings discover Iceland ( 860 ) Vikings discover Greenland ( c . 980 ) Leif Ericson sails to North America ( 1002 ) Avicenna ( 980-1037 ) ...
... Earliest documented use of windmills , in Near East Earliest application of water power to industry Vikings discover Iceland ( 860 ) Vikings discover Greenland ( c . 980 ) Leif Ericson sails to North America ( 1002 ) Avicenna ( 980-1037 ) ...
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