Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... vaults , towering about 107 feet at the crown line , the highest of all Romanesque vaults ( fig . 412 ) . A firm supporting structure was essential ; to that end , every second pier of the nave arcade was reinforced by the addition of a ...
... vaults , towering about 107 feet at the crown line , the highest of all Romanesque vaults ( fig . 412 ) . A firm supporting structure was essential ; to that end , every second pier of the nave arcade was reinforced by the addition of a ...
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... vaults , the clerestory has become almost equal in height to the nave arcade , and now dominates the interior . The ... vaults . A third flying buttress , above the other two , added 457. Nave , Notre - Dame a few years later , seems to ...
... vaults , the clerestory has become almost equal in height to the nave arcade , and now dominates the interior . The ... vaults . A third flying buttress , above the other two , added 457. Nave , Notre - Dame a few years later , seems to ...
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... vaults , cylin- drical compound piers , three stories , lofty clerestory , and colonnettes rising from floor to vault interrupted only by capitals and rings to mark the stories . The height of the vault has risen to 127 feet , and three ...
... vaults , cylin- drical compound piers , three stories , lofty clerestory , and colonnettes rising from floor to vault interrupted only by capitals and rings to mark the stories . The height of the vault has risen to 127 feet , and three ...
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