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1 Figure 52 : Gorgon from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis , Corcyra ( Corfu ) , Greece , limestone , c . 580 BC . In the Archaeological Museum , Kérkira , Greece . By courtesy of the Deutsches Archaologisches Institut ...
1 Figure 52 : Gorgon from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis , Corcyra ( Corfu ) , Greece , limestone , c . 580 BC . In the Archaeological Museum , Kérkira , Greece . By courtesy of the Deutsches Archaologisches Institut ...
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... Figure 138 : Portal sculpture at Amiens cathedral , France. dow tracery , dependent on north French example ; but the church at Trier is highly unusual in its centralized plan , and Elisabethskirche is a " hall church " ( that is , the ...
... Figure 138 : Portal sculpture at Amiens cathedral , France. dow tracery , dependent on north French example ; but the church at Trier is highly unusual in its centralized plan , and Elisabethskirche is a " hall church " ( that is , the ...
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... figures . The development of new figure turns became something of a restrained and dignified sci- ence with pride in accuracy of execution in an era of unwieldy Victorian dress . In the late 19th century , the English and the freer ...
... figures . The development of new figure turns became something of a restrained and dignified sci- ence with pride in accuracy of execution in an era of unwieldy Victorian dress . In the late 19th century , the English and the freer ...
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