Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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Page 115
... masses of the later figure are held in position entirely by its beautifully un- derstood muscular movement and tension , which must have been even more effective when the missing bronze bow was intact . The Dying Warrior ( fig . 163 ) ...
... masses of the later figure are held in position entirely by its beautifully un- derstood muscular movement and tension , which must have been even more effective when the missing bronze bow was intact . The Dying Warrior ( fig . 163 ) ...
Page 124
... mass of ornamen- talized hair . Despite their freedom of movement , the drapery folds are proportioned to harmonize ... masses contrasting with the flat slab behind . One of the finest ( fig . 182 ) shows Atlas bringing back to Herakles ...
... mass of ornamen- talized hair . Despite their freedom of movement , the drapery folds are proportioned to harmonize ... masses contrasting with the flat slab behind . One of the finest ( fig . 182 ) shows Atlas bringing back to Herakles ...
Page 232
... mass and proportion , and in the disposition of spaces , these pyramids of Teotihuacán are majestic works of architec ... masses , often unrelieved , crowned here with a windowless story richly ornamented with the relief sculpture at ...
... mass and proportion , and in the disposition of spaces , these pyramids of Teotihuacán are majestic works of architec ... masses , often unrelieved , crowned here with a windowless story richly ornamented with the relief sculpture at ...
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