Architecture: The Critics' Choice : 150 Masterpieces of Western Architecture Selected and Defined by the ExpertsDan Cruickshank Divided into ten chapters, each dedicated to an architectural period and style, this lively, compact history provides a guided tour of the world's greatest buildings. |
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... carved leaves springing on capitals and jutting from corbels between the arches . At the east end are two wonderful late Gothic chantry chapels , Bishop Alcock's ( begun 1488 ) and Bishop West's ( 1525-33 ) . These are like miniature ...
... carved leaves springing on capitals and jutting from corbels between the arches . At the east end are two wonderful late Gothic chantry chapels , Bishop Alcock's ( begun 1488 ) and Bishop West's ( 1525-33 ) . These are like miniature ...
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... carved to represent different plants . Ruskin was an important influence behind all this carving , because for him ornament raised building into architecture and he extolled the ' savageness ' or vitality of medieval art . The beauty of ...
... carved to represent different plants . Ruskin was an important influence behind all this carving , because for him ornament raised building into architecture and he extolled the ' savageness ' or vitality of medieval art . The beauty of ...
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... carved male figure serving as a COLUMN . atrium In CLASSICAL and Early Christian architecture , an open court ; from the RENAISSANCE , a covered entrance hall . attic A storey above the main CORNICE of a building ; also the space within ...
... carved male figure serving as a COLUMN . atrium In CLASSICAL and Early Christian architecture , an open court ; from the RENAISSANCE , a covered entrance hall . attic A storey above the main CORNICE of a building ; also the space within ...
Contents
THE CLASSICAL WORLD | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE AND PALLADIANISM | 78 |
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