Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... emperor's rise to power . A deliberate contrast is offered by the statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus ( the pontifex maximus was the Roman high priest ; fig . 256 ) , in which the emperor is shown about to perform a sacrificial rite ...
... emperor's rise to power . A deliberate contrast is offered by the statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus ( the pontifex maximus was the Roman high priest ; fig . 256 ) , in which the emperor is shown about to perform a sacrificial rite ...
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... emperor in Saint Peter's by Pope Leo III , an event that did nothing to endear the Carolingian dynasty to the Byzantine emperors , legal holders of the Roman title . In appearance Charlemagne revived the fifth - century divi- sion ...
... emperor in Saint Peter's by Pope Leo III , an event that did nothing to endear the Carolingian dynasty to the Byzantine emperors , legal holders of the Roman title . In appearance Charlemagne revived the fifth - century divi- sion ...
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... emperor's family or entourage . Nonetheless , the person of the emperor was still regarded as sacred , and palace ritual was controlled by an elaborate scenario . For exam- ple , the emperor received ambassadors while seated on the ...
... emperor's family or entourage . Nonetheless , the person of the emperor was still regarded as sacred , and palace ritual was controlled by an elaborate scenario . For exam- ple , the emperor received ambassadors while seated on 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