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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... French experience and that would become a constant trait of the English Gothic . The new choir adopts - in a way completely exceptional to English architecture - the ambulatory , while the sinuous form of the walls makes it unique to ...
... French experience and that would become a constant trait of the English Gothic . The new choir adopts - in a way completely exceptional to English architecture - the ambulatory , while the sinuous form of the walls makes it unique to ...
Page 100
... French - Burgundian ideas brought to Italy by the Cis- tercians , and others holding true to the Romanesque and classical traditions . As a result , there were but few signs of Gothic forms and techniques in Italy . The absence of a ...
... French - Burgundian ideas brought to Italy by the Cis- tercians , and others holding true to the Romanesque and classical traditions . As a result , there were but few signs of Gothic forms and techniques in Italy . The absence of a ...
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... French garden The so - called French garden came into being during the baroque period . This is an architectural garden that transforms the landscape into a balanced , controlled work of art , and as such is an expression of the total ...
... French garden The so - called French garden came into being during the baroque period . This is an architectural garden that transforms the landscape into a balanced , controlled work of art , and as such is an expression of the total ...
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