Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... tion of the human figure and the surrounding world in late Roman art ( see fig . 281 ) , as compared to the subtle , complex , and complete Greek and early Roman systems of representation , which had just preceded this prob- lematic ...
... tion of the human figure and the surrounding world in late Roman art ( see fig . 281 ) , as compared to the subtle , complex , and complete Greek and early Roman systems of representation , which had just preceded this prob- lematic ...
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... tion with each other , these solemn figures exchange not a glance ; they gaze outward , above and past us . But none of the conditions of the real world apply any longer to this symbolic and timeless realm . Christ does not really sit ...
... tion with each other , these solemn figures exchange not a glance ; they gaze outward , above and past us . But none of the conditions of the real world apply any longer to this symbolic and timeless realm . Christ does not really sit ...
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... tion to the persistence of classical tradition and the presence of many Roman monuments - far more than are standing today - central Italy possessed an unlimited source of beautiful white marble in the mountains of Carrara , to the ...
... tion to the persistence of classical tradition and the presence of many Roman monuments - far more than are standing today - central Italy possessed an unlimited source of beautiful white marble in the mountains of Carrara , to the ...
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