Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... piers of the nave at the springing point of the nave vault , and abuts the thrust , directing it back in- side the piers to the ground . Unfortunately , the gallery windows light only the galleries ; little light filters into the nave ...
... piers of the nave at the springing point of the nave vault , and abuts the thrust , directing it back in- side the piers to the ground . Unfortunately , the gallery windows light only the galleries ; little light filters into the nave ...
Page 328
... pier of the nave arcade was reinforced by the addition of a massive colonnette sustaining a transverse arch . This example is the earliest datable one of the alternating system of large and small piers , or piers and columns , which ...
... pier of the nave arcade was reinforced by the addition of a massive colonnette sustaining a transverse arch . This example is the earliest datable one of the alternating system of large and small piers , or piers and columns , which ...
Page 376
... piers and run straight to the floor . The resulting new type of compound pier became universal . The six - part ... piers have been enriched with colonnettes , in the manner of clustered organ pipes , to great effect . The massive ...
... piers and run straight to the floor . The resulting new type of compound pier became universal . The six - part ... piers have been enriched with colonnettes , in the manner of clustered organ pipes , to great effect . The massive ...
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