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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 89
Page 29
... towers , the insertion of a narthex , colonnaded towers - but the characteristic trait in Italy was the isolated bell tower , round or square , and not incorporated in the body of the church . Much attention went into the architectural ...
... towers , the insertion of a narthex , colonnaded towers - but the characteristic trait in Italy was the isolated bell tower , round or square , and not incorporated in the body of the church . Much attention went into the architectural ...
Page 62
... towers , located exactly above the pendentives , not only contribute to providing lateral support for the tower but neutralize the diagonal thrust of the dome . Norwegian stave churches 11th - 12th century The timber church. The late ...
... towers , located exactly above the pendentives , not only contribute to providing lateral support for the tower but neutralize the diagonal thrust of the dome . Norwegian stave churches 11th - 12th century The timber church. The late ...
Page 382
... Towers went up , designed by Cesar Pelli and 452 metres high , thus much less than the 800 metres of the Millennium Tower , designed by Norman Foster , scheduled to be built in Tokyo Bay in the coming decade . At the same time that ...
... Towers went up , designed by Cesar Pelli and 452 metres high , thus much less than the 800 metres of the Millennium Tower , designed by Norman Foster , scheduled to be built in Tokyo Bay in the coming decade . At the same time that ...
Common terms and phrases
18th century Abbey aisles apse arcades arches archi architect architecture arrangement art nouveau articulation artistic baroque baroque architecture barrel vaults basilica Bauhaus became began begun Bernini Borromini Bramante building built buttresses cathedral central centre chapels choir church Cistercian classical classical architecture columns complex composed concept construction courtyard created creation culture decoration designed dome dynamic early elements English Europe expression exterior façade Florence forms French functional gallery garden geometric glass Gothic architecture House ideas important interior internal Italian Italy layout Le Corbusier located longitudinal mannerist Maria medieval Michelangelo Milan modern monumental motifs museum nave original palace Palazzo Paris Pavilion period portico projects Renaissance Renzo Piano result reworking ribs rococo Roman Romanesque Romanesque architecture Rome roof scenographic sculpture shape space spatial square St Peter's structure studies style symbolic tecture tion towers tradition transept ture typology urban vault vertical Vienna Villa walls westwork