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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... Roman architecture is the scale of that orig- inal myth , the fact of its existence , and the nostalgia it awakened later . This is why when classical - academic architects or eclectic architects turned to Roman archi- tecture , they ...
... Roman architecture is the scale of that orig- inal myth , the fact of its existence , and the nostalgia it awakened later . This is why when classical - academic architects or eclectic architects turned to Roman archi- tecture , they ...
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... Roman villa During the years of the pontificate of Leo X , with the death of Bramante ( 1513 ) and the departure of Michelangelo for Florence ( 1514 ) , Raphael became the most sensitive interpreter of the Roman artistic cli- mate . His ...
... Roman villa During the years of the pontificate of Leo X , with the death of Bramante ( 1513 ) and the departure of Michelangelo for Florence ( 1514 ) , Raphael became the most sensitive interpreter of the Roman artistic cli- mate . His ...
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... Roman style . Rainaldi represents a phase of Roman baroque slightly later than that repre- sented by the three great masters ( Bernini , Bor- romini , and Pietro da Cortona ) . His name is associated with three great works : S Maria in ...
... Roman style . Rainaldi represents a phase of Roman baroque slightly later than that repre- sented by the three great masters ( Bernini , Bor- romini , and Pietro da Cortona ) . His name is associated with three great works : S Maria in ...
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