1000 Years of World Architecture: An Illustrated GuideThis volume is a guide to the main characteristics, movements and regional variants of a millennium of Western architecture, from the early Romanesque to the most recent contemporary trends. |
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Page 84
... expressions of French late Gothic culture are found in religious architecture , but there were also important examples in the ... expression in façades , on which it released with exu- berant freedom curving and twisting lines , swirling ...
... expressions of French late Gothic culture are found in religious architecture , but there were also important examples in the ... expression in façades , on which it released with exu- berant freedom curving and twisting lines , swirling ...
Page 118
... expression of the Hispano - Flemish style , which tends to accentuate calligraphic elements . Casa de las Conchas , Salamanca , begun 1493 Over the course of the 15th century the so - called plateresque style spread across Salamanca ...
... expression of the Hispano - Flemish style , which tends to accentuate calligraphic elements . Casa de las Conchas , Salamanca , begun 1493 Over the course of the 15th century the so - called plateresque style spread across Salamanca ...
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... expression of the cultural interests and ambitions of the patron , the canon Paolo Almerico . The building is an expression of archaeological discoveries , primarily ancient pagan sanctuaries . Palladio drew on such sources for its ...
... expression of the cultural interests and ambitions of the patron , the canon Paolo Almerico . The building is an expression of archaeological discoveries , primarily ancient pagan sanctuaries . Palladio drew on such sources for its ...
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