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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... central opening being decorated with five large circular indentations . The central three bays project slightly , dignified with a small flight of steps and surmounted by an audaciously broken pediment , pierced by a high window ...
... central opening being decorated with five large circular indentations . The central three bays project slightly , dignified with a small flight of steps and surmounted by an audaciously broken pediment , pierced by a high window ...
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... central houses , built at the instigation of Henry IV himself , are a storey higher , giving the development a central emphasis and rescuing each range from the boredom of repetition - an effect which Sir John Summerson was later to ...
... central houses , built at the instigation of Henry IV himself , are a storey higher , giving the development a central emphasis and rescuing each range from the boredom of repetition - an effect which Sir John Summerson was later to ...
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... CENTRAL PLAN ) . axis An imaginary line running through the centre of a building or composition . baldacchino Also baldachin . A canopy over an altar , throne , doorway , tomb , etc. balustrade A series of posts , or balusters ...
... CENTRAL PLAN ) . axis An imaginary line running through the centre of a building or composition . baldacchino Also baldachin . A canopy over an altar , throne , doorway , tomb , etc. balustrade A series of posts , or balusters ...
Contents
THE CLASSICAL WORLD | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE AND PALLADIANISM | 78 |
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