Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... later Greeks - however much distorted by the later poetic tradition that culminated in Homer -which seems to have been woven , in part at least , from surviving memories of the Aegean world . Even Minos may only be a generic Cretan name ...
... later Greeks - however much distorted by the later poetic tradition that culminated in Homer -which seems to have been woven , in part at least , from surviving memories of the Aegean world . Even Minos may only be a generic Cretan name ...
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... later cultures felt they must revolt against Greek in- fluence , each revolt in itself was a tribute to the greatness of Greek achievement . The only other culture that has left a comparable impression on later periods is that of Rome ...
... later cultures felt they must revolt against Greek in- fluence , each revolt in itself was a tribute to the greatness of Greek achievement . The only other culture that has left a comparable impression on later periods is that of Rome ...
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... later ( figs . 161 , 162 ) . Nobly poised though the earlier statue is , it is somewhat schematic ; one does not really feel the play of muscles . The masses of the later figure are held in position entirely by its beautifully un ...
... later ( figs . 161 , 162 ) . Nobly poised though the earlier statue is , it is somewhat schematic ; one does not really feel the play of muscles . The masses of the later figure are held in position entirely by its beautifully un ...
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