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... monumental stone buildings there was the genesis of the ultimate develop- ment of monumental architecture and sculpture in Greece . The first step in architecture was simply the re- placement of wooden pillars with stone ones and the ...
... monumental stone buildings there was the genesis of the ultimate develop- ment of monumental architecture and sculpture in Greece . The first step in architecture was simply the re- placement of wooden pillars with stone ones and the ...
Page 288
... monumental if less precise style of painting , and it was one shared to some degree by the Greek islands and Crete , where more colour was often used . By the last quarter of the 7th century , when the Athenian painter finally accepted ...
... monumental if less precise style of painting , and it was one shared to some degree by the Greek islands and Crete , where more colour was often used . By the last quarter of the 7th century , when the Athenian painter finally accepted ...
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... monumental Formal- ism . There was increasing interest in the convolutions of highly sculptural masses and spaces , as well as in the decorative qualities of diverse building materials and ex- posed structural systems . Wright's ...
... monumental Formal- ism . There was increasing interest in the convolutions of highly sculptural masses and spaces , as well as in the decorative qualities of diverse building materials and ex- posed structural systems . Wright's ...
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