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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... temple's columns . TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS , EPHESUS • SELÇUK RECONSTRUCTION LEFT AND ABOVE : Towering columns with intricately modelled capitals. Temple of Artemis , Ephesus SELÇUK , TURKEY c.560-546 BC Two The lonic columns were lofty , some ...
... temple's columns . TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS , EPHESUS • SELÇUK RECONSTRUCTION LEFT AND ABOVE : Towering columns with intricately modelled capitals. Temple of Artemis , Ephesus SELÇUK , TURKEY c.560-546 BC Two The lonic columns were lofty , some ...
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... temples of Sicily , and the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Akragas expressed perhaps better than any other the spirit of Sicilian temple cults and the architectural means by which their ritual needs were met . TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS ...
... temples of Sicily , and the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Akragas expressed perhaps better than any other the spirit of Sicilian temple cults and the architectural means by which their ritual needs were met . TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS ...
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... temple as a main focus . PORTONACCIO TEMPLE , VEII NEAR ISOLA FARNESE RECONSTRUCTION Architect unknown. Portonaccio Temple , Veii NEAR ISOLA FARNESE , ITALY C.500 BC D The Romans derived their temple architecture from that of the ...
... temple as a main focus . PORTONACCIO TEMPLE , VEII NEAR ISOLA FARNESE RECONSTRUCTION Architect unknown. Portonaccio Temple , Veii NEAR ISOLA FARNESE , ITALY C.500 BC D The Romans derived their temple architecture from that of the ...
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THE CLASSICAL WORLD | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE AND PALLADIANISM | 78 |
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