Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... statue was originally placed in the serdab , or sealed statue chamber , built against the center of the north wall of the step pyramid , with two peepholes through which the king could look forth to the sky . The statue's appearance ...
... statue was originally placed in the serdab , or sealed statue chamber , built against the center of the north wall of the step pyramid , with two peepholes through which the king could look forth to the sky . The statue's appearance ...
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... statue of Athena , dimly illuminated , since the only light in the win- dowless temple came from the east door and was , of course , at its strongest in the morning . From literary ac- counts of the statue and from tiny , ancient ...
... statue of Athena , dimly illuminated , since the only light in the win- dowless temple came from the east door and was , of course , at its strongest in the morning . From literary ac- counts of the statue and from tiny , ancient ...
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... statue at Olympia ( see fig . 202 ) , but this time the unknown Hellenistic sculptor has won ; his statue is far more dramatic than its Classical prototype . It was originally erected in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods at Samothrace by ...
... statue at Olympia ( see fig . 202 ) , but this time the unknown Hellenistic sculptor has won ; his statue is far more dramatic than its Classical prototype . It was originally erected in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods at Samothrace by ...
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