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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... Doric . Many if not all of its Doric characteristics had appeared in earlier structures but here they were used for the first time as an ensemble . Pediment of the is , showing Gorger . ow in. Temple of Artemis , Corcyra CORFU , GREECE c ...
... Doric . Many if not all of its Doric characteristics had appeared in earlier structures but here they were used for the first time as an ensemble . Pediment of the is , showing Gorger . ow in. Temple of Artemis , Corcyra CORFU , GREECE c ...
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... Doric architecture . The temple measured some 109 x 55 m ( 3572 x 180 ft ) and was four to five times larger than most contemporary Doric temples on the mainland . Doric temples were monumental but the first lonic temples in Asia Minor ...
... Doric architecture . The temple measured some 109 x 55 m ( 3572 x 180 ft ) and was four to five times larger than most contemporary Doric temples on the mainland . Doric temples were monumental but the first lonic temples in Asia Minor ...
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... Doric architecture , the pinnacle of the Doric order as it evolved on the mainland . Yet , more profoundly , the new Athenian self - image and world view , as inspired by the miraculous defeat of the Persians and the establishment of an ...
... Doric architecture , the pinnacle of the Doric order as it evolved on the mainland . Yet , more profoundly , the new Athenian self - image and world view , as inspired by the miraculous defeat of the Persians and the establishment of an ...
Contents
THE CLASSICAL WORLD | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE AND PALLADIANISM | 78 |
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