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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... parler was used for the professional figure whose role was to translate an ... Peter was a figure of primary importance in the field of the European late ... Peter had two sons : Wenzel , named architect of the cathedral of Vienna in 1400 ...
... parler was used for the professional figure whose role was to translate an ... Peter was a figure of primary importance in the field of the European late ... Peter had two sons : Wenzel , named architect of the cathedral of Vienna in 1400 ...
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... Peter Parler . The politi- cal and urbanistic policy that Charles IV applied when he reconfigured his capital city reworked the role played by the Vltava River , which until then had constituted - as was often the case in cities ...
... Peter Parler . The politi- cal and urbanistic policy that Charles IV applied when he reconfigured his capital city reworked the role played by the Vltava River , which until then had constituted - as was often the case in cities ...
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... Peter Parler - presents a sinuous outline based on sixteen piers spaced by round arches . A tower at each end controls access . The bridge's stereometric clarity makes it part of a technical - formal style in widespread use in the ...
... Peter Parler - presents a sinuous outline based on sixteen piers spaced by round arches . A tower at each end controls access . The bridge's stereometric clarity makes it part of a technical - formal style in widespread use in the ...
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