Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... tomb in a special chamber provided with a false door to the other world and with a peephole through which incense from the funeral rites . could penetrate to its nostrils . The deceased was sur- rounded with all the delights of this ...
... tomb in a special chamber provided with a false door to the other world and with a peephole through which incense from the funeral rites . could penetrate to its nostrils . The deceased was sur- rounded with all the delights of this ...
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... tombs , such as the Tomb of the Triclinium at Tarquinia ( fig . 243 ) , were painted with scenes of daily life ; sometimes the funeral feast was shown , somewhat as in Egyptian tombs , and sometimes incidents from daily life were ...
... tombs , such as the Tomb of the Triclinium at Tarquinia ( fig . 243 ) , were painted with scenes of daily life ; sometimes the funeral feast was shown , somewhat as in Egyptian tombs , and sometimes incidents from daily life were ...
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... Tomb painting from Hierakonpolis ( 45 ) Geese of Medum ( colorplate 4 ) Preparatory drawing for scene from Tomb of Neferirkara ( 69 ) Mural decorations , Queen's Megaron , palace at Knossos ( 124 ) SCULPTURE Painted beaker from Susa ...
... Tomb painting from Hierakonpolis ( 45 ) Geese of Medum ( colorplate 4 ) Preparatory drawing for scene from Tomb of Neferirkara ( 69 ) Mural decorations , Queen's Megaron , palace at Knossos ( 124 ) SCULPTURE Painted beaker from Susa ...
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