Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... walls above ( fig . 16 ) . These were probably male symbols . A stylized but very aggressive silhouette painting of a bull appears on a flanking wall . Other shrines ( fig . 17 ) were apparently dedicated to death , symbolized by wall ...
... walls above ( fig . 16 ) . These were probably male symbols . A stylized but very aggressive silhouette painting of a bull appears on a flanking wall . Other shrines ( fig . 17 ) were apparently dedicated to death , symbolized by wall ...
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... wall painting we know . Early fifth- century 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 ...
... wall painting we know . Early fifth- century 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 ...
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... PAINTING Wall paintings in the house of M. Lucretius Fronto , Pompeii ( 272 ) Architectural and landscape wall paintings from Herculaneum ( colorplate 31 ) Sacred Landscape from Pompeii ( 273 ) Portrait of Menander from the House of ...
... PAINTING Wall paintings in the house of M. Lucretius Fronto , Pompeii ( 272 ) Architectural and landscape wall paintings from Herculaneum ( colorplate 31 ) Sacred Landscape from Pompeii ( 273 ) Portrait of Menander from the House of ...
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