Art: The Renaissance, the Baroque, the modern worldPrentice-Hall, 1985 - Art |
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Page 751
... Gothic Cathedral of Saint Paul's a central dome with a Bramantesque peristyle ( see fig . 803 ) . After the fire King Charles II intended to rebuild the City on Wren's rational Baroque plan with broad avenues , squares , and vistas ...
... Gothic Cathedral of Saint Paul's a central dome with a Bramantesque peristyle ( see fig . 803 ) . After the fire King Charles II intended to rebuild the City on Wren's rational Baroque plan with broad avenues , squares , and vistas ...
Page 772
... Gothic elements spread over the surface haphazardly . The library ( fig . 1041 ) is decorated with tracery , imitated from Perpen- dicular churches ( such as Gloucester Cathedral ) , used as frames for book- cases ; even the rectangular ...
... Gothic elements spread over the surface haphazardly . The library ( fig . 1041 ) is decorated with tracery , imitated from Perpen- dicular churches ( such as Gloucester Cathedral ) , used as frames for book- cases ; even the rectangular ...
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... Gothic architecture was an indigenous style ( notwith- standing its French origin ) , and it is hardly accidental that Gothic was adopted for the Houses of Parliament , begun in 1836 and completed only after 1860. The immense structure ...
... Gothic architecture was an indigenous style ( notwith- standing its French origin ) , and it is hardly accidental that Gothic was adopted for the Houses of Parliament , begun in 1836 and completed only after 1860. The immense structure ...
Contents
The Pioneers The Mexicans Abstract Expressionism The Reaction Against | 956 |
Richardson Sullivan and the Chicago School Art Nouveau and Expressionist | 965 |
GLOSSARY | 977 |
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