Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... 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 front of ...
... 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 front of ...
Page 324
... interior of the Cathedral ( fig . 406 ) . The pointed arch at the cross- ing is Gothic , and the timber roof was masked by a flat , coffered ceiling during the Renaissance , but the rest of the interior is original . The steady march of ...
... interior of the Cathedral ( fig . 406 ) . The pointed arch at the cross- ing is Gothic , and the timber roof was masked by a flat , coffered ceiling during the Renaissance , but the rest of the interior is original . The steady march of ...
Page 329
... interior badly but also appears not to have done its job . The ominous tie rods have had to be installed . Norman architects built at Durham in Northumbria one of the most forceful interiors of the Middle Ages , a massive cathedral ...
... interior badly but also appears not to have done its job . The ominous tie rods have had to be installed . Norman architects built at Durham in Northumbria one of the most forceful interiors of the Middle Ages , a massive cathedral ...
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