Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... Villa of the Mysteries . Wall painting . 1st century B.C. Pompeii , Italy 254. Still Life , from the House of Julia Felix. 252. The Laestrygonians Hurling Rocks at the Fleet of Odysseus , from a villa on the Esquiline Hill . Wall ...
... Villa of the Mysteries . Wall painting . 1st century B.C. Pompeii , Italy 254. Still Life , from the House of Julia Felix. 252. The Laestrygonians Hurling Rocks at the Fleet of Odysseus , from a villa on the Esquiline Hill . Wall ...
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... villa in the heart of Rome , stretching from the Palatine to the Esquiline , with gardens that enclosed a huge artificial lake . The delights of the villa included a banqueting - room ceiling that showered perfumes upon the guests , a ...
... villa in the heart of Rome , stretching from the Palatine to the Esquiline , with gardens that enclosed a huge artificial lake . The delights of the villa included a banqueting - room ceiling that showered perfumes upon the guests , a ...
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... villa he constructed near Tivoli , which to modern eyes suggests nothing so much as the pleasure dome of Kubla Khan as described in Coleridge's poem ( fig . 286 ) . Several square miles of gently rolling countryside were adorned with a ...
... villa he constructed near Tivoli , which to modern eyes suggests nothing so much as the pleasure dome of Kubla Khan as described in Coleridge's poem ( fig . 286 ) . Several square miles of gently rolling countryside were adorned with a ...
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