Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... gold , weighs 2,448 pounds ! The cover of the coffin ( colorplate 10 ) has a breathtaking portrait of the boy king in solid gold , with the ceremonial beard , the eyebrows , and lashes all inlaid in lapis lazuli . To the effect of ...
... gold , weighs 2,448 pounds ! The cover of the coffin ( colorplate 10 ) has a breathtaking portrait of the boy king in solid gold , with the ceremonial beard , the eyebrows , and lashes all inlaid in lapis lazuli . To the effect of ...
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... gold , silver , and other metals , some ceremonial , some intended for daily use . A number of masks in beaten gold ( fig . 134 ) were probably intended to cover the faces of deceased kings . Although hardly to be compared with the ...
... gold , silver , and other metals , some ceremonial , some intended for daily use . A number of masks in beaten gold ( fig . 134 ) were probably intended to cover the faces of deceased kings . Although hardly to be compared with the ...
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... Gold , length 11 % " . The Hermitage , Leningrad ment that constitutes a vital aspect of European art in the early Middle Ages . The special patterns and motives carried by the peoples of the Germanic tribes in their metalwork for ...
... Gold , length 11 % " . The Hermitage , Leningrad ment that constitutes a vital aspect of European art in the early Middle Ages . The special patterns and motives carried by the peoples of the Germanic tribes in their metalwork for ...
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